The DQYDJ Weekender, 3/30/2014

August 22nd, 2020 by 
PK

2014 has seen three Californian senators from the Democratic party face charges this year, but the entire cake was taken this last week by Senator Leland Yee, a candidate for California Secretary of State.

Mr. Yee is a major supporter of gun restrictions, and has supported quite a few gun laws over the years in California:

  • A law that would have banned magazine which can detach with a single button (SB 249)
  • A law to redefine "Assault Weapons" to include more guns and ban the 'bullet button', as above (SB 47)
  • A law to mandate specific methods of storage of unattended weapons (SB 108)
  • Wanted to introduce legislation to license and background check people who bought 3D printers (Here).  (No word on people who own lathes, or who buy pipe at Home Depot).
  • Cosponsored legislation which would have banned semiautomatic weapons (Most of the package was vetoed by Governor Brown)
  • Supported a violent video game ban (rental/sales to minors) before he was in the Senate which was overturned by the Supreme Court.

Turns out, he was allegedly smuggling illegal weapons into the United States, including shoulder mounted rocket launchers.  And, yes, guns that were already defined as assault weapons... and even some guns with magazines with a larger capacity than the 10 currently allowed in the fine state of California.  Here's a brief selection of allegations from the second link: "crimes including firearms trafficking, money laundering, murder-for-hire, drug distribution, trafficking in contraband cigarettes and "honest services" fraud."

It's the modern day version of Bootleggers and Baptists!

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PK

PK started DQYDJ in 2009 to research and discuss finance and investing and help answer financial questions. He's expanded DQYDJ to build visualizations, calculators, and interactive tools.

PK lives in New Hampshire with his wife, kids, and dog.

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