[tablespoon]

> They definitely deserved a charge, but I always thought Terroristic Threats was a strange one to choose.

Is this a case where meanings have diverged? In modern colloquial speech "terrorism" means certain kinds of extreme political violence (e.g. bombings) especially that committed by Islamists (e.g. al Qaeda and ISIS). "Terroristic threats" feels like it's legal jargon that may predate that by quite a bit.

[xeromal]

That sounds spot on. These laws were probably on the books before the terrorism of the 90s/2000s took place.