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CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:00 pm
by JU-87
Ha-Ha! What a hippocrite!
Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking
...This Wednesday, Yee received a five-year prison sentence for accepting bribes and trafficking in arms.
After initially denying culpability, Yee pleaded guilty to the charges last summer.
...Yee also discussed buying weapons overseas and bringing them to the U.S. with two associates and an undercover agent. He accepted $6,800 and a list of arms for purchase in the Philippines.
The maneuvers were not only illegal, but also in stark contrast to what he had long purported to stand for.
Yee told CBS two years before he was arrested: “It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear — there is no debate, no discussion.”
As a legislator, Yee supported strict gun control laws and was named to the Brady Campaign’s Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll...
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Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:02 pm
by techmike
About time!
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:18 pm
by 3FULLMAGS+1
I'm shedding a tear right now......
OK....I'm done.
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:23 am
by glocksmith
Why this guy's a natural born politician...a prodigy. He'd have really gone far...if only he hadn't gotten caught.
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:50 am
by Brian D.
Someone's reaction to this on Facebook was a very happy "YEE-haah!"
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:25 pm
by Bruenor
Sentence seems lite.. only 5 years for firearms trafficking and accepting bribes.
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:17 pm
by glocksmith
Bruenor wrote:Sentence seems lite.. only 5 years for firearms trafficking and accepting bribes.
Still...5 years is a long time. Five years ago Barack Obama was only six weeks into his second four year term. Look at how long that's been...or felt
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:30 am
by MacDonald
Old news.
This is from Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2016
Re: CA. Gun Control Champ heading to Prison!
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:19 am
by Javelin Man
MacDonald wrote:Old news.
This is from Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2016
Is he still in prison?