[StupidQuestions]

You have read the 1st Amendment? You want to shut down a newspaper because you don't like what was printed? LOL. That's about as un-American as you can get, isn't it?

[ConservativeMan55]

The first amendment does not include threats and or harrassment. Shut it down with a boycott!

[admiralsn]

NO, telling someone that they can't voice their opinion about a newspaper is about as un-American as you can get.

[ladyinred]

You are the one who needs to review the 1st amendment. It does not protect all speech!

[jonascord]

Freedom of Speech stops when you yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. An individual who would write that, even in jest, would get an automatic 5 years. I think slamming the cartoonist, the editors who approved the cartoon, and the owner of the paper with 3 to 5, each, might serve to put people on notice that the Secret Service is entirely without a sense of humor.

Just as a rule of thumb, don't point a gun at the Pres. It seems simple enough, but dims are sort of simple...

[lawdude]

"You want to shut down a newspaper because you don't like what was printed?"

Problem is, I read it to support the assassination of the POTUS. Is that legal and proper? I suspect this might just be reason to investigate the bejesus out of him.

Wanna bet the cartoonist has had a very loud, very one soded conversation from the Sec. Svc. I just betcha he will be watching his ass in the future.

Now, if it was klinton, I just might alter my views.

[vaudine]

The question is when does supposed humor go beyond the pale of the Free Press? I really don't know; but this is very offensive and somewhat threatening. Does "Free Press" cover an oblique threat to the President, a judge, politician, etc.? Inquiring minds want to know.

vaudine

[TJFLSTRAT]

Oh wait, your right. Proposing the assasination of our president, could in no way be confused with yelling fire in a crowded theather.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

You have read the 1st Amendment? You want to shut down a newspaper because you don't like what was printed? LOL. That's about as un-American as you can get, isn't it?

How about cartoons of masked men in death squads blowing up left wing newspapers? Is that OK?

Go yell fire in a crowded theater and then explain to the judge at your arraignment you were exercising your first amendment rights. Then get back to me about the limitations on that right.

[jagrmeister]

Foolish remark. The threat of assasination to the President is a criminal offense. There is no need for you to hide behind the First Amendment. A portrayal of the President's assasination is of serious concern and the author will likely be given a stern warning.