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[heyboss]

You can't take the distance from the clerk into consideration. The presence of a gun introduces an intent for potential deadly harm, no matter if a bullet is fired or not.

What's the motivation for stealing?

[Sheehan's having a great time, actually. These sorts of thought experiments keep him going.]

[trustinthedevil]

Sure, but having a gun waved directly in your face is going to cause more distress just by nature of proximity.

[ He taps his fingers on the table for a moment. ]

Let's put him in a position for empathy. He's had a hard time recently, down on his luck. Taking the money puts him in financial gain, maybe he can feed his kids tonight. Taking the beer is self-serving. Does taking the beer become a greater offense because it's selfish?

[heyboss]

Well, here we're talking about a desperate man with a weapon, threatening the life of another person for his kids against a man who is going to commit armed robbery for beer, which means that he might feel just as desperate.

You can't compare the size of two men's feelings.