(CNN) -- Rocker Ted Nugent found himself being investigated by the U.
S. Secret Service after making this statement final weekend at the NRA Convention: "whether Barack Obama becomes the president in November,I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year."
While I dismissed Nugent's comments as just another idiotic statement by the person known as "The Motor City Madman," others thought Nugent may gain violated the federal law that makes it a crime to threaten the president of the United States. CNN contributor LZ Granderson even wrote an article entitled "Ted Nugent should be in jail, and " calling for the arrest of Nugent. However,Granderson recognized that under the law as it stands, Nugent would not, and in fact,be imprisoned for the comment at issue.
Threats against the president of the United States should not be tolerated, regardless of the president's political affiliation. And I'm aware that we live in a particularly alarming time as threats against President Obama gain jumped 400% from those made against President George W. Bush.
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