Criminals support gun control, and in the case of State Sen. Leland Yee, profit from it:
“Another way Yee sought to raise money for his 2014 secretary of state campaign was by promising to help undercover agents obtain illegal guns from an international arms dealer, federal authorities allege. Authorities say Yee, who has promoted gun control legislation in the Senate, helped orchestrate illegal, transnational arms deals.
Yee touted his connection to an anonymous Filipino arms broker who had funneled guns to rebel groups in the Philippines and could source guns from Russia, the affidavit says. The affidavit quotes Yee as saying, “I have seen what he has done in the past on other products and this guy has the relationships” and describing an encounter with “armed guards with machine guns” during a visit to the Philippines.
“Do I think we can make some money? I think we can make some money,” the affidavit quotes Yee as saying. “Do I think we can get the goods? I think we can get the goods.”
Later, Yee shifted to a different dealer named Wilson Lim whose “associates in the Philippines were trying to overthrow the current government and needed money,” according to the affidavit. Yee participated in detailed discussions about transporting the guns back to the U.S. and talked about the violence and unrest engulfing parts of the Philippines, it says.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/26/6271916/fbi-california-sen-leland-yee.html#storylink=cpy
The same year the undercover agent got Yee to facilitate the illegal gun transaction, the senator carried a pair of gun control bills.
His measures would have strengthened registration requirements by expanding the definition of assault weapons (Senate Bill 43) and compelled the Department of Justice to study safe gun storage (SB 108).
Neither bill advanced as far as the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. But in a statement accompanying a bill analysis, Yee spoke out about the risk of under-regulated guns.
“Unauthorized access to a firearm too often results in unintentional or self-inflicted gunshot wounds, or firearms being stolen to be used in future crimes,” Yee wrote.
I hope Yee goes to jail for a long time, haters of law-abiding gun owners deserve to rot in prison with the criminals they do business with.
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Gregory Smith