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Man Brought Gun, Bible To Obama Event In Beaver

Police Charge Man With Disorderly Conduct At Presidential Campaign Event

POSTED: 12:24 am EDT August 30, 2008

A man armed with a gun and a Bible was arrested Friday at an event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama in Beaver County.

WTAE Channel 4's news-exchange partners at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that a 50-year-old man brought a gun and Bible to the rally site an hour before it began at Irvine Park in Beaver.

The Trib reported that the man was protesting Obama's statement about Pennsylvanians looking to religion and guns because they are frustrated.

The man did not make any threats or gestures with the gun, and he did not take it out of its holster.

The Trib reported that the man will be cited with disorderly conduct as the investigation continues.

Authorities did not immediately release the man's name.

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