OPINION OF THE COURT

If it were somehow in doubt before, we take the opportunity now to hold that bank robbery by intimidation is, categorically a “crime of violence” under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. In doing so, we join several other federal courts of appeals that have held the same under the guidelines or the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”).

Jerome Wilson pled guilty to unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a). The District Court imposed a prison sentence that was in part a result of the guidelines’ career-offender enhancement, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, which, in Wilson’s case, was applicable if bank robbery by intimidation counts as a crime of violence. The District Court correctly applied that enhancement, and it was not plain error that the Court also applied an enhancement for making a death threat. We will therefore affirm the sentencing order.

I. Background

The facts of the case are not in dispute. Wilson pled guilty to three counts of unarmed bank robbery or attempted bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a), and the District Court sentenced him to 151 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised released, restitution of .$3,122, and a special assessment of $300. The sentence was based in part on two enhancements: one for being a career offender, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, and the other for making a death threat, U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(2)(F). Of the three crimes, two were completed bank robberies by demand note and one was an attempted robbery by demand note. In one of the completed robberies, the note Wilson passed to the bank teller said, “this is a hold up, empty your drawers now, or else.”, (App. at 37.)

The presentence report (“PSR”) suggested that § 2113(a) be treated as a “crime of violence” under the guidelines, and, because Wilson had two prior convictions under that same statute, that he be classified as- a “career offender.” If followed, those suggestions increased Wilson’s total offense level from 27 to 32 and his criminal history category from IV to VI. The PSR credited Wilson with a 3-level downward adjustment of his offense level for acceptance of responsibility, making his total suggested offense level 29. Ultimately, the threat-of-death enhancement did not increase the total offense level,beyond that which was mandated by the career-offender, enhancement;, that is, even without the threat-of-death enhancement, Wilson’s total offense level and criminal, history category would have been the same.

At sentencing, Wilson did not raise any objections concerning the 2-level threat-of-death enhancement, but he did object to being treated as a “career offender” under the guidelines, arguing that § 2113(a) did not meet the guidelines’ definition of a “crime of violence.” The District Court overruled that' objection and ultimately sentenced him to the bottom of the guidelines range calculated in the PSR.

II. Discussion 1 •

On appeal, Wilson challenges the District Court’s application of the career-offender enhancement and the threat-of- *83 death enhancement to his sentence. We conclude that the District Court correctly applied the career-offender enhancement because bank robbery by intimidation is categorically a crime of violence under § 4B1.2(a) of the guidelines. We further conclude that the District Court’s application of the threat-of-death enhancement was not plain error.

A. Bank Robbery by Intimidation is Categorically a Crime of Violence Under the Guidelines.

Whether bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence is a strange but not new question. It is strange because to ask the question would seem to answer it—of course the threat of violence is inherent in bank robbery, and § 4B1.2(a)(l) of the guidelines specifically includes within the definition of a “crime of violence” “any offense under federal or state law ... that ... has as an element the ... threatened use of physical force against the person of another....” It is not a new question, though, because seven of our sister circuits have had to address this question and have concluded that bank robbery by intimidation does indeed qualify as a “crime of violence” under § 4B1.2(a)(l) or the nearly identically worded “elements” clause of the ACCA, 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(3)(A). 2 See Unit ed States v. Hopkins, 57. 7 F.3d 507 , 511 (3d Cir. 2009) (“[Because] the. definition of a ‘violent felony5 under the ACCA is sufficiently similar to the definition of a ‘crime of violence’ under the Sentencing Guidelines[,] ... .authority .interpreting one is generally applied to the other[.]” (footnote omitted)). Wilson argues , that, because, a defendant can be convicted of violating § 2113(a) without specifically intending to intimidate anyone, bank robbery cannot categorically be called a crime of violence. For the reasons that follow, that argument fails.

1. The Categorical Approach Applies to Determine Whether Bank Robbery by Intimidation is a “Crime of Violence” Under the Guidelines.

We exercise plenary review over a district court’s decision that a conviction is one for a crime of violence, as defined by the guidelines, United States v. Brown, 765 F.3d 185 , 188 (3d Cir. 2014), and we use the categorical approach to determine whether,a conviction so qualifies, United States v. Chapman, 866 F.3d 129 , 133 (3d Cir. 2017). That approach requires us to compare the elements of the statute under which the defendant was convicted to the guidelines’ definition of “crime of violence.” Id. at 133-34 . A conviction under § 2113(a) *84 can be a crime of violence only if “ ‘the least of th[e] acts’ criminalized” is sufficient to meet the guidelines’ definition of a crime of violence. Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. 184 , 191, 138 S.Ct. 1678 , 185 L.Ed.2d 727 (2013) (alteration in original) (quoting Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133 , 137, 130 S.Ct. 1265 , 176 L.Ed.2d 1 (2010)); see also United States v. Dahl, 833 F.3d 345 , 350 (3d Cir. 2016) (determining “the least culpable conduct hypothetically necessary to sustain a conviction under the statute” (citation omitted)).

Here, Wilson was convicted under the first paragraph of § 2113(a), 3 which states:

Whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes, or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another, or obtains or attempts to obtain by extortion any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of, any bank, credit union, or any savings and loan association ... Shall be fined ... or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a). The least culpable conduct covered by that statute is unarmed bank robbery by intimidation. See United States v. Brewer, 848 F.3d 711 , 715 (5th Cir. 2017) (concluding that the least culpable conduct under § 2113(a) is “robbery by intimidation”). Thus, we must compare the elements of bank robbery by intimidation to the guidelines’ definition of “crime of violence.” Chapman, 866 F.3d at 133-34 .

As noted earlier, supra n.2, guidelines § 4B1.2 defines “crime of violence” for purposes of the career-offender enhancement as:

(a) ... any offense under federal or state law, punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, that—

(1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another, or

(2) is murder, voluntary manslaughter, kidnapping, aggravated assault, a forcible sex offense, robbery, arson, extortion, or the use or unlawful possession of a firearm described in 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (a) or explosive material as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 841 (c).

U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a). . We refer to § 4B 1.2(a)(1) as the “elements,” or “force,” clause and to § 4B1.2(a)(2) as the “enumerated offenses” clause. To determine whether Wilson’s conviction categorically qualifies as a “crime of violence” under the “elements” clause, we ask whether bank robbery by intimidation has as an element of the offense “the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another[.]” U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(l).

2. Section 2113(a) Has as an Element of the Offense “The Use, Attempted Use, or Threatened Use of Physical Force.”

Unarmed bank robbery by intimidation clearly does involve the “threatened *85 use of physical force against the person of another[.]” U.S.S.G. § 4Bl,2(a)(l). If a common sense understanding of the word “intimidation” were not enough to prove that, 4 our precedent establishes that § 2113(a)’s prohibition on taking the “property or money or any other thing of value” either “by force and violence, or by intimidation” has as an element the “threat of force.” United States v. Askari, 140 F.3d 536 , 541 (3d Cir. 1998) (en banc) (quotation marks and citation omitted), vacated on other grounds, 159 F.3d 774 (3d Cir. 1998); see also id. (“As used in § 2113(a), the term ‘intimidation’ means ‘to make fearful or put into fear.’ ” (citation omitted)). Whether the theft of money from a bank involved intimidation is determined under an objective standard and from the victim’s perspective, “ie., whether an ordinary person in the [bank] teller’s position reasonably could infer a threat of bodily harm from the defendant’s acts.” Id. (quotation marks and citation omitted).

Each of our sister circuits to have addressed the issue has, not surprisingly, concluded that robbing a bank by intimidation does involve the “the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another[.]” U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(l). Those courts also define § 2113(a)’s “intimidation” requirement in terms of a “threat of physical force,” when interpreting the “elements” clause in the guidelines or the similarly worded “elements” clause of the ACCA. 5 Our conclusion is the same. 6

3. Section 2113(a) Requires Knowing Conduct.

Wilson argues that § 2113(a) is not categorically a crime of violence because one can be convicted under that statute without intending to intimidate anyone. More particularly, his argument proceeds as follows. First, he says correctly that the *86 “intimidation” element of § 2113(a) is measured by an objective standard from the .victim’s perspective, “ie., whether an ordinary person in the [bank] teller’s position reasonably could infer a threat of bodily harm from the defendant’s acts.” Askari, 140 F.3d at 541 (quotation marks and -citation omitted). Next, he contends that applying that standard criminalizes negligent behavior because a defendant may act in a way that causes an ordinary teller to reasonably infer a threat of harm, even though the defendant has no intent to cause such concern. 7 He says, “A defendant may be convicted, for example, even if he acts on the sincere belief that a teller will comply with a demand for money ptírely in reliance on bank policy, rather than out of fear.” (Opening Br. at 12.)

To - bolster his argument,- he turns to Elonis v. United States, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2001 , 192 L.Ed.2d 1 (2015). In that case, the Supreme Court reversed a defendant’s conviction for transmitting through interstate commerce threats to injure another person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c). 135 S.Ct. at 2012 . That statute contained no mens rea requirement. See id, at 2008 (“An individual who ‘transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat ... to injure the person of another’ is guilty of a felony[.]” (quoting 18 U.S.C, § 875(c))). The defendant appealed and argued that the district court erred by refusing to instruct the jury that, to be guilty, he had to have “intended” his communication to be a threat. Id. at 2007 . The district court had instead instructed the jury to convict if it found that the defendant “intentionally ma[de] a statement in a context or under such circumstances wherein a reasonable person would foresee that the statement would be interpreted by” the intended recipient as a serious threat. Id. The Supreme Court highlighted the “reasonable person” language in the jury instruction and concluded that using it had permitted ¿'“negligence standard” tó be imported into that criminal statute. Id. at 2011 .

Wilson’s attempt to extend Elonis’s reasoning to § 2113(a) is misguided. That case clarifies that courts should read a scienter requirement into statutes only to the extent necessary to prevent criminalizing otherwise innocent conduct. Id. The Supreme Court determined that § 875(c) required the government to prove a defendant intended his communication to be threatening because the only thing separating innocent conduct from wrongful conduct under that statute was “the threatening nature of the communication.” Id. In other words, the Court emphasized that “a defendant generally must know the facts that make his conduct fit the definition of the offense[.]” Id. at 2009 (quotation marks and citation omitted). Convicting a defendant solely on how a reasonable person perceived the relevant communication impermissibly risked creating criminal culpability for nothing more than a foolishly worded message. Id. at 2011 . But, the El-onis Court’s reasoning is inapposite here because, as recognized in Elonis itself, a statute criminalizing acts knowingly undertaken to. deprive someone of property has, by virtue of that “knowing” element, a *87 sufficient mens rea to avoid the risk of making lawful conduct unlawful. Id. at 2010 (citing Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255 , 269, 120 S.Ct. 2159 , 147 L.Ed.2d 203 (2000)).

In Carter v. United States, the Supreme Court specifically held that “the presumption in favor of scienter demands only that we read subsection (a) [of § 2113] as requiring proof of general intent—that is, that the defendant possessed knowledge with respect to the actus reus of the crime (here, the taking of property of another by force and violence or intimidation).” 530 U.S. at 268 , 120 S.Ct. 2159 . There was no reason to read a specific intent requirement into § 2113(a) because reading a general intent requirement into the statute was sufficient to “separate wrongful from otherwise innocent conduct.” Id. at 269 , 120 S.Ct. 2159 . Carter thus stands for the proposition that, because § 2113(a) is a statute requiring only general intent, it is enough for the government to prove that the defendant took knowing action to rob a bank.

Other courts of appeals have rejected the argument that § 2113(a) criminalizes negligent or reckless behavior. They have harmonized Carter with the “reasonable teller” standard inherent in § 2113(a)’s intimidation requirement by requiring the government to prove a defendant “knew that his actions were objectively intimidating.” McNeal, 818 F.3d at 155. 8 In short, Carter and Elonis are, not at odds. By reading a general intent requirement into' § 2113(a), Carter requires the government to prove that the defendant acted with the knowledge that those actions would result in the taking, of property by the use of force and violence or by intimidation. Carter, 530 U.S. at 268 , 120 S.Ct. 2159 . Using an objective standard to apply § 2113(a)’s intimidation requirement does not trigger the concerns raised by Elonis, because, to be guilty, the defendant must have knowingly robbed or attempted to rob a bank— in other words, the defendant had to know he was taking money from a financial institution that was not simply giving it away. This fact exposes the nonsense in Wilson’s claim that a teller might “comply with a [robber’s] demand for money purely in reliance on bank policy[.]” (Opening Br. at 12.) By definition, § 2113(a) requires proof that a defendant knowingly engaged in an act that would cause an ordinary bank teller to be intimidated and turn over money that the defendant knew he had no right to have. 9 Because a conviction under § 2113(a) requires the government to *88 prove a defendant knowingly committed a bank robbery by force and violence or intimidation, it is quite obviously a crime of violence under guidelines § 4B1.2(a)(1).

We thus join our sister circuits in holding that bank robbery by intimidation, as set forth in § 2113(a), categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under § 4B1.2(a)’s “elements” clause. 10 Since bank robbery by intimidation is indeed a crime of violence, the District Court was correct to apply the career-offender enhancement.

B. Applying the Threat-of-Death Enhancement Was Not Plain Error.

Wilson has also complained on appeal that the District Court wrongly subjected him to a sentencing enhancement for making a death threat. He did not, however, register that objection before the District Court. ‘We review an unpreserved objection for plain error.” Dahl, 833 F.3d at 349 . A plain error has occurred when there is “(1) [an] error, (2) that is plain or obvious, and (3) that affects a defendant’s substantial rights.” United States v. Goodson, 544 F.3d 529 , 539 (3d Cir. 2008). “If all three conditions are met, [we] may then exercise [our] discretion to notice a forfeited error, but only if ... the error seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.” Id. (citation omitted). In the context of sentencing, a defendant establishes that an error affected his substantial rights by showing that the sentence imposed “was affected, in the sense that it likely would have been different but for the error.” United States v. Knight, 266 F.3d 203 , 207 (3d Cir. 2001).

Here, Wilson cannot establish that the District Court committed plain error by applying the threat-of-death enhancement because that enhancement did not affect his sentence. Assuming that Wilson could establish that application of the enhancement constituted an obvious error, he still cannot show that the error affected his substantial rights because the District Court correctly applied the career-offender enhancement, and the threat-of-death enhancement did not increase his sentence beyond the sentence mandated by the career-offender enhancement. 11 Thus, Wilson has not shown plain error.

III. Conclusion

For the foregoing reasons, we will affirm the sentence imposed by the District Court.