> If I run into a liquor store with my hand in my pocket and
> tell the clerk to give me the till is that a violent crime?
> According to the DOJ it is. While I won't argue it isn't
> monumentally stupid I will argue it isn't violent.
The threat of shooting someone unless they give you money, whether or not the threat is credible (how will we know? do we have to force your hand? what if you actually have a gun, but would never shoot it?) is ABSOLUTELY VIOLENT.
Sheesh, what dictionary do you have today?
> You'll also notice that the two catagories that make up the
> bulk of violent crimes are Homicide and Robbery with 12% and 13.8%
> respectively. So how many of those violent crimes were
> actually violent?
I'm gonna stick my neck out and say: all of them.
/jordan