Actor Peter Fonda says he's "training his grandchildren to use long-range rifles" against President Barack Obama, isn't threatening the president of the United States a federal crime?
Shouldn't the
U.S. Secret Service be paying actor
Peter Fonda a visit for saying he is training his "grandchildren to use long-range rifles” against
President Barack Obama? He made this threat during an interview with the U.K. Daily Telegraph at
Cannes Film Festival. His exact words for taking up arms against Barack Obama were: “For what purpose? Well, I’m not going to say the words '
Barack Obama,' but …” That amounts to a federal crime and he shouldn't get a slap on the wrist for saying it. Let us not forget
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head by,
Jared Loughner, a young man on the fringe. The
"Easy Rider" star's comments come after he called President Obama a
f*cking traitor last week.
“Clearly, there is a federal law that prohibits threatening the president,” Washington, D.C.-based attorney Ross Nabatoff tells FOX411.com. “Now, the question is, is that a threat as opposed to him expressing his First Amendment rights? But you could conceivably construe that as a threat—he names the president. It’s a federal offense. He could be incarcerated.”
The
Secret Service has paid visits to people, including teens, who have said much less damning things about the president. This shouldn't be taken lightly because there are many, many people in the U.S. on the fringe who would be too happy to actually carry out such a call. The Fonda family, including
Jane "Hanoi Jane" Fonda are no strangers to controversy. This time
Peter Fonda should be blacklisted from
Hollywood for stepping outside his
First Amendment right and threatening bodily harm to our president. I know there may be a jurisdictional issue that may stop any legal action from occurring, since the comments were made in France, but this is just despicable nonetheless and warrant a visit from the feds.
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