NC man indicted for threatening to buy gun, kill Barack Obama; no proof he tried to do so

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ A North Carolina man has been formally indicted on a charge that he threatened to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said Friday that 48-year-old Jerry M. Blanchard has been charged with knowingly and willfully threatening to kill, kidnap and inflict bodily harm upon a major candidate for president.

Blanchard was arrested Aug. 1 after witnesses told federal authorities they overheard him threatening to assassinate Obama in July. One said Blanchard said he planned to purchase a pistol.


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