Is a felon in possession of a firearm a crime of violence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dillard, 214 F.3d 88 (2nd Cir. 1999):
weapon neither adds to, nor subtracts from, that offense. As explained in United States v. Singleton, 337 U.S. App. D.C. 96, 182 F.3d 7 (D.C. Cir. 1999), "some aspect of the charged offense must create the risk of violence in order to itself qualify as a crime of violence." 182 F.3d at 14. The act necessary to commit the felon-in-possession offense -- obtaining or possessing a weapon while a felon -- does not itself involve "a substantial risk" of physical force.
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