From: "P. J. Alling" > It's been a Federal Felony for quite some time. Probably before > Kennedy, though I'm sure some new penalties were added in the > aftermath of that, and each attempted assassination since.
The law was passed after the two assassination attempts on Gerald Ford in 1975. Prior to that, making threats against the president was handled the same as making a threat against any other person, i.e. it was a crime under state & local laws. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
