Police Seize Weapons After Obama Visit To Scranton

**priell3** · August 24th, 2013, 10:46 AM

Updated: Aug 24, 2013 10:03 AM EDT

SCRANTON, Pa. -
Pennsylvania police say they seized ammunition and weapons at a home near where President Barack Obama made a public appearance, and that the Secret Service detained a man who made threats.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/232...er-obama-visit

**bogey1** · August 24th, 2013, 01:11 PM

Why would someone want to threaten the president is beyond me.

**Calzonewdippingsauce** · August 24th, 2013, 01:19 PM

I would love to know what these "threats" were. I would hope that if a SWAT team was kicking in someones door, detaining them, and seizing weapons and ammo, there better had been a clear and present, valid, and substantial threat to warrant this. But then again, its the government, this guy probably could have just circulated an anti-obama email, but i guess if they got a warrant idk..

**tvtog** · August 24th, 2013, 01:47 PM

10 blocks from where I used to live. 8 miles from Scranton. I, too, would like to hear what the threats were. I know all threats need to be taken seriously...but sometimes I like to hear just how far off the bow some of these shots are.

**Calzonewdippingsauce** · August 24th, 2013, 02:05 PM

Intimidation, harassment, and confiscation of weapons from individuals who speak out against his regime would be the icing on the cake of this corrupt government. Like I said, they rightfully should have done this if these so called threats were valid, but given what our government does these days...Lets just say I'm not holding my breath.

**Democrat Gun Owner** · August 24th, 2013, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by tvtog

10 blocks from where I used to live. 8 miles from Scranton. I, too, would like to hear what the threats were. I know all threats need to be taken seriously...but sometimes I like to hear just how far off the bow some of these shots are.

Yeah, this guy's address from the story is about 8 miles from where Obama was in Scranton. I wonder if any of the seized weapons were artillery pieces? If not, I doubt he was a real threat.

I don't care how much you may not like the current one (or ones in the past for that matter). I think it moronic to threaten the US President.

I wonder how credible the threat was for the authorities to take such action.

With that said, I live near Scranton, and I would not want my city thrown in the same category as Washington DC (x2), Dallas, or Buffalo.

**normanvin** · August 24th, 2013, 04:01 PM

I did not see this mentioned on the morning news.

**IIIIIREPOIIIII** · August 24th, 2013, 06:17 PM

He is such a nice man and a great leader why the hell would anybody make threats against him?

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**Truck** · August 24th, 2013, 08:10 PM

maybe he was pissed off from having had to sit in all the traffic created by the PSP closing all the exit/entrance ramps along 81 as the motorcade went through.