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>> if you commit armed robbery... There are significantly less guns available compared to the US, so armed robberies are likely heavily punished too. While I
by xxs 10y ago
>> if you commit armed robbery...
There are significantly less guns available compared to the US, so armed robberies are likely heavily punished too.
While I don't say all sentences should be light as a feather, there are a lot of 'jails' (especially in Norway) where the inmates can go home for the evening or weekend.
- jimmywanger 10y agoArmed does not imply gun. It implies weapon of any sort. I'm not even sure if just the implied threat of a weapon elevates it to armed robbery. But if you threaten somebody with a knife or club, I think you still get charged with armed robbery.
- pc86 10y agoThe exact wording varies by state in the US, but in my state if you make someone think you're armed, legally speaking you are armed. To use an apocryphal/urban legend example, if you stick a candy bar in a sweatshirt and point it at a cashier, that will receive the same punishment as if you pointed a loaded handgun at them.