Colo. man who threatened Obama makes weapons pleaA man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges. Shawn Adolf faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to having firearms as a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. . The 35-year-old man was arrested August 2008 after officers in a Denver suburb pulled over his cousin and found rifles, a bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly vest, wigs and fake IDs. The stop led agents to Adolf, who talked about plans to kill Obama with a rifle. Authorities later determined the men were addled ad·dle v. ad·dled, ad·dling, ad·dles v.tr. To muddle; confuse: "My brain is a bit addled by whiskey" Eugene O'Neill. See Synonyms at confuse. by drugs and had no specific plans to assassinate Obama. The cousin was sentenced to 15 days in prison and six months in a halfway house halfway house /half·way house/ (haf´wa hous) a residence for patients (e.g., mental patients, drug addicts, alcoholics) who do not require hospitalization but who need an intermediate degree of care until they can return to the community. for possession of methamphetamine. ___ Information from: The Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com 
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