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To: Ex-Democrat Dean

Depends on how you look at it.

If a person buys an empty gun, and attempts to rob a bank, has he committed a crime?

I’m asking, because I don’t know the (legal) answer, but I suspect if you can prove intent, then you have proven enough.


19 posted on 11/30/2010 5:42:32 PM PST by RangerM (A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. - Robert Frost.)
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To: RangerM
If a person buys an empty gun, and attempts to rob a bank, has he committed a crime?

Yes, it's a crime. He initiated every step.

This kid never bought a metaphorical gun.....the FBI handed him one.
22 posted on 11/30/2010 5:44:09 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Planning on using 911? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: RangerM
If a person buys an empty gun, and attempts to rob a bank, has he committed a crime?

Yes.

Not only that but if the guard shoots at him and accidentally kills someone else then the attempted robber can be charged with felony murder.

54 posted on 11/30/2010 6:42:05 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (When all you have is bolt cutters & vodka everything looks like the lock on Wolf Blitzer's boathouse)
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