[FreeYourMind]

"I would consider it more noble for me to go and get myself out of the country, renounce my citizenship, end up in Afghanistan, pick up a gun and fight alongside everyone else against the enemy - American soldiers," he said.

I am just curious...does anyone know if we have laws that would enable the government to deport (or detain) someone who makes statements such as this, particularly in a time of war?

[arm958]

"I would consider it more noble for me to go and get myself out of the country, renounce my citizenship, end up in Afghanistan, pick up a gun and fight alongside everyone else against the enemy - American soldiers," he said.

I am just curious...does anyone know if we have laws that would enable the government to deport (or detain) someone who makes statements such as this, particularly in a time of war?

Oh yeah, there are laws (sedition, treason). What's missing is the will to enforce those laws.

[Two Thirds Vote Aye]

All I know is the following definition of treason directly from the U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 3:

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court."
Bold mine, of course.

[clee1]

Advocation of armed revolution/aid and comfort to the enemy/sedition, etc. are all in the treason statutes. If you really want the cite, i'll look it up.

Anyway, a person of his appearance and rhetoric, armed as he is, would present a threat to one's life. Under most "self defense" statutes the use of deadly force is justified when "reasonable presumption exists that one's person, property, or family is in iminent danger of their lives or limbs". The funny thing is that this wacko is bringing a knife to a gunfight!