When I first read the story about a California state representative busted by the FBI, I wondered if he had anything to do with California gun control legislation. Then the Real World intruded for a while, so I never got around to researching. Fortunately, Jason Howerton at The Blaze was able to do a cruise through the Internet
A California state senator who authored gun control legislation asked for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.
The allegations against State Sen. Leland Yee were outlined in an FBI affidavit in support of a criminal complaint. The affidavit accuses Yee of conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms. He was arrested Wednesday.
Yee is also accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and cash payments to provide introductions, help a client get a contract and influence legislation. He or members of his campaign staff accepted at least $42,800 in cash or campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents in exchange for carrying out the agents’ specific requests, the court documents allege.
Yee discussed helping the agent get weapons worth $500,000 to $2.5 million, including shoulder fired automatic weapons and missiles, and took him through the entire process of acquiring them from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines to bringing them to the United States, according to the affidavit by FBI Special Agent Emmanuel V. Pascua.
So, a typical Democrat
A man was charged last year for threatening Yee over legislation that he proposed to limit rapid reloading of assault weapons. The bill would have prohibited the use of devices that allow users to swiftly reload military-style assault weapons. Lee also authored legislation that that would have required the state to study safe storage of firearms.
From CBS San Fransisco
Before he was arrested and indicted on numerous federal charges Wednesday, including allegations of gun running, State Sen. Leland Yee was a major advocate for gun control and pushed to ban a device called a “bullet button.â€
In 2012, KPIX 5 reported on what gun control advocates called a huge loophole in California’s ban on assault weapons. The reports focused on the bullet button, a device that gun manufacturers designed in order to legally sell guns such as the AR-15 in California.
The bullet button enables the magazine of a semi-automatic rifle to be removed quickly, with the tip of a bullet. Removable magazines in combination with other features like a pistol grip and telescoping stock are banned under California law. But the bullet button is legal because it doesn’t work with one’s finger, so the magazine is considered “fixed.â€
Bob Owens notes that Yee has been heavily involved in the anti-2nd Amendment/gun banning/gun restriction movement, and has authored many pieces of legislation, as well as voting for the gun grabbing legislation, in California.
Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, Democrat, was also busted by the FBI on corruption charges, ie, taking lots of bribes and theft. He resigned from office. NC Democrats think that this won’t affect the prospects for upcoming elections. We’ll see.
Teach do you allow or encourage your employees to carry guns openly or concealed while at work? How do customers feel about this matter ?
The strawman, it burns!!!!!!1!!!!
Yee, is not corrupt, he is rationally restricting the competition to his gun running business. Progressive democrats, without double standards they would have no standards.
I worked at night in a grocery store basically alone from 10 till midnight for a few years. At some point the bakery guys would show up and head to the kitchens, and every couple of nights, the floor cleaning crew might be there- somewhere in the expanse of the store mopping floors. However, I was in an office up front that had windows for me to watch to see if any customers came in. I was generally counting the last tills of the day, and bundling the cash that was gathered to put in the safe and tallying all of the days receipts. Sometimes we had in excess of 20 grand on hand. Sometimes less cash more credit receipts. It was however a very scary job. The typical late night crowd were either drunks, late night movie goers, and plenty of rowdy teenagers; but rarely familes on a grocery shopping trip after 10 PM. I dealt with the normal and the unruly customers, all while being scared to death one might have a weapon. I wish to hell that I had had my permit and gun back then. My husband made me quit that job after about 2 years, because he was so worried. And we’d heard that our friend was held up at gunpoint in a store she worked at in Phila, after he heard that- I was directed to give my notice!
Guns in the right hands, keep people safe.
This guy is scum. And a gigantic hypocrite.