POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The principal although not only issue presented by this appeal is the often vexing question of whether a conviction used to enhance a defendant's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act is a "violent felony" within the meaning of the Act. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The Act defines the term to mean either a felony that "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another" or "is burglary...
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