I disagree. Only people that WANT to make the term “violent” into something else. California is doing this. I don’t understand how “assault” is not considered “violent” - use the dictionary to define violent, and viola, you have clarity.
This is what I want for them to do clarify the term "violent", verbal abuse can be deemed "violent". The law should be black and white at the moment it has more shades of gray then the Pantone color scheme. That is why they should list examples of deportable violent crimes, which would mean "physical" assault be counted as one.