Is it an attempted assassination if no shots are fired?

@poemblaze It is an assassination attempt when someone intends to kill someone, but they are stopped.

Otherwise it's an assassination.

@AskTheDevil Well yes. But how far away from the street are you preventing someone from throwing themselves in the street? A block away? Guess I'm getting semantical.

@poemblaze I'm not understanding.

If you try to assassinate someone, and you are stopped, it was an attempt to assassinate someone.

Even if you tried to assassinate them with a marshmallow, it was still an attempt.

@AskTheDevil That's ok. I was thinking more in terms of his not having lifted the gun yet. But I'm on the losing side of this

@poemblaze I suspect so. Maybe you'd stir up more trouble if you ask people why you or I get killed, but someone "important" gets assassinated.

; )

Basically, if you try to do something and fail, no matter how bad you are at it, it was an attempt at whatever.

@AskTheDevil This concept really expands the list of things I've tried to do. 😁