An aggravated assault is an assault:
- (a) With a deadly weapon or instrument without intent to kill; or
- (b) By any means or force likely to produce great bodily harm.
- (c) With any vitriol, corrosive acid, or a caustic chemical of any kind.
- (d) "Deadly weapon or instrument" as used in this chapter is defined to include any firearm, though unloaded or so defective that it can not be fired.
[18-905, added 1979, ch. 227, sec. 2, p. 625.]