Posted on 11/24/2010 9:48:36 AM PST by DCBryan1
NOVEMBER 24--A 77-year-old South Carolina man whose home was stocked with an arsenal of guns told Secret Service agents that he wanted to shoot Barack Obama “for what he has done to this country,” according to a criminal complaint charging him with threatening the president’s life.
Michael Bowden allegedly first spoke of killing Obama last week during a “routine check-up” at a Veterans Administration clinic in Spartanburg. Bowden, pictured in the mug shot at right, told a nurse that he “was thinking of traveling to Washington, DC, to shoot the President (Obama) because he is not doing enough to help African Americans,” according to an affidavit sworn by Agent Mark Booth.
In an interview last Wednesday with three federal investigators, Bowden acknowledged threatening Obama’s life at the VA facility.
In a sworn, written statement he noted that, “if I had the opportunity to put Obama against the wall and shoot him, I would.” Bowden added that if he could kill anyone, “I would kill, if possible, the President (Obama), for what he has done to this country.”
During a search of Bowden’s home, agents located three semi-automatic handguns and a semi-automatic rifle--all of which were “fully loaded, with rounds in the firing chamber--near his bed. In Bowden’s son’s bedroom, agents found 12 other guns, while a “loaded, short-barrel shotgun” was found near the home’s front door.
The jailed Bowden, who turns 78 on Friday, may soon be freed pending the completion of a psychiatric evaluation. One condition of his release will require Bowden to refrain from possessing a firearm.
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Just making a Public Service Announcement.
guy is toast
Its not the ones that talk about it that you have to worry about; its the ones that don’t talk about it.
So I guess that makes us all suspect.
What Mr. Bowden doesn’t realize is that the left NEEDS another Martyr, and I, for one, hopes and prays for President Obama to be kept safe and to live a long enough, healthy life so that he can be impeached, removed from office, and prosecuted for treason.
Dear Secert Service Agent,
I thought that while you are here I would wish you Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here on FR.
“a psychiatric evaluation”
This is how the Soviet Union handled dissidents when there wasn’t any real crime committed, they just didn’t like what they were saying.
So they were dismissed as insane.
George Bush Jrs life was contantly threatened over 8 years
by lefties, but that was “protected first amendment speech”
so nobody was jailed—they were given speaking engagements.
Should have stuck to hating DWTS.
BUMP!
Though I agree with Mr Bowden in principle ... I think it better that FUBO stay on display in his office so that all his failures can be seen by all. We don’t need that asshat to become a martyr for the left
Yeah, those poor guys have to worry about the radical left AND right! I have a buddy at USSS that says that the first 2 years of Obama, they have investigated more threats and veiled threats against a protected principal (not just Obama) than the entire Presidencies of both Bush Jr and Clinton! (2 vs 16 years!)
Wanting to shoot Obama proves that
(1) you are insane and therefore
(2) you may not have access to guns.
Goodbye Second Amendment...
Shoot him because he is not doing enough for African Americans?
The old boy is a liberal nut so his background story will be spiked faster than the Unabomber’s by the MSM.
That statement made me jump to an incorrect conclusion.
Problem is, jus’ like any carnival , as soon as you shoot one duck, another one comes up!
77 years old - Vets getting all sorts of benefits cut. Now in prison he gets free room and board, free health care, free access to a gym, free access to attorneys, and can even get a free education. Jackpot!
Not necessarily.
Desiring an end is not of itself a crime.
During a search of Bowden’s home, agents located three semi-automatic handguns and a semi-automatic rifle--all of which were “fully loaded, with rounds in the firing chamber--near his bed. In Bowden’s son’s bedroom, agents found 12 other guns, while a “loaded, short-barrel shotgun” was found near the home’s front door.
So this is what the gubermint calls an "arsenal" ?
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