Austin Improv

the clerk is lucky that it jammed

Technically, that was a Stand-up gun.

You'd think the clerk would have pointed out that he was caught red-handed before he walked out of the joint.

Tarsal!

What exactly was illegal about that?

acrouch wrote:What exactly was illegal about that?

when doing object work, one should hold the 'gun' as though they're holding a real one, feeling its heft & weight, your finger on the trigger ready to fire. Anything else is bad miming, hence illegal.






I apologize for this shitty obvious joke. I had to, don't you see??

acrouch wrote:What exactly was illegal about that?

It's still attempted robbery. I believe it's also technically assault.

I doubt he'll get punished too harshly for it, but like the Duke Lacrosse team rape case, a misguided prosecutor trying to prove something and win an election could make a stink about it.

isn't "assault" the threat of violence?
while "battery" is actual fist-to-face violence?

arthursimone wrote:isn't "assault" the threat of violence?
while "battery" is actual fist-to-face violence?

assault is what you do to bland food
battery is what Hyde Park fries are like


I apologize.

arthursimone wrote:isn't "assault" the threat of violence?
while "battery" is actual fist-to-face violence?

Yes. However, assault doesn't have to be an actual threat. It can be implied... as is the case in an attempted robbery.

LisaJackson wrote:I apologize.

Nobody puts lisajackson in the corner.

I think that if a person walks into a store and demands all the money, then it's a crime. It's based on proof of intent.

apiaryist wrote:
I think that if a person walks into a store and demands all the money, then it's a crime. It's based on proof of intent.

That's robbery. It wasn't "armed" robbery... but it was "fingered" robbery, which requires an arm, so this guy could go up the river.