One reason is that domestic violence is a broad offense that encompasses a variety of criminal behavior, making it tough to write a sweeping law that would punish certain gradations of the crime more harshly.
It would be unprecedented to add felony domestic violence to the list of 'violent felonies' because the crime of domestic violence is a 'wobbler' and would be inappropriate to add to the 'violent felony' list.
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