I think he was not only a bootlegger, but also a gangster.
I agree. It's just that being Irish, which lacks the traditional structure of LCN, coupled with the fact that he paid for his "legitimacy" at a relatively young age, it just wasn't as obvious. But Joe Kennedy had bodies under his belt. No doubt in my mind.
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