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    From S K@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 20 15:56:32 2021
    just about anything can be a weapon. what does the law say about that?

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  • From Roy@21:1/5 to S K on Fri Aug 20 16:11:15 2021
    On 8/20/2021 3:56 PM, S K wrote:
    just about anything can be a weapon. what does the law say about that?


    From one lawyer's website

    "Armed Robbery Charges in California

    When a robbery is committed using a weapon — or simply with the display
    or pretense of a weapon — it will often be charged as an armed robbery.
    While we often think of guns, a weapon can be almost anything that might
    cause bodily harm to another. Knives, baseball bats and other similar
    items are often used in armed robberies."

    Note that it includes "pretense of a weapon" so if the robber says I
    have a gun in my pocket, it is armed robbery

    A popular crime TV show even has the robber saying he has using a
    Hollywood prop and not a real gun so it wasn't armed robbery. Wrong :-)

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  • From Rick@21:1/5 to Roy on Fri Aug 20 20:06:34 2021
    "Roy" wrote in message news:sfpcpl$ujc$1@dont-email.me...

    On 8/20/2021 3:56 PM, S K wrote:
    just about anything can be a weapon. what does the law say about that?


    From one lawyer's website

    "Armed Robbery Charges in California

    When a robbery is committed using a weapon — or simply with the display or >pretense of a weapon — it will often be charged as an armed robbery. While >we often think of guns, a weapon can be almost anything that might cause >bodily harm to another. Knives, baseball bats and other similar items are >often used in armed robberies."

    Note that it includes "pretense of a weapon" so if the robber says I have a >gun in my pocket, it is armed robbery

    A popular crime TV show even has the robber saying he has using a Hollywood >prop and not a real gun so it wasn't armed robbery. Wrong :-)

    And if the assailant is a professional boxer or martial artist, I believe a judge could potentially rule their hands to be deadly weapons

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  • From Barry Gold@21:1/5 to S K on Fri Aug 20 21:38:41 2021
    On 8/20/2021 3:56 PM, S K wrote:
    just about anything can be a weapon. what does the law say about that?

    It depends on the circumstances. But most of the time, "armed" means any weapon. If you hold somebody up at knife-point, that's Armed Robbery. Or
    with a hammer. Or a brick.


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