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> Anyway, in the US it has been illegal for some time to say

Note the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that this threat against the life of a sitting president was protected by the First Amendment:

"If they ever make me carry a rifle the first man I want to get in my sights is L.B.J."

Here's the text of the opinion; it's a famous 1A case: http://laws.findlaw.com/us/394/705.html



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