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2017-01-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking

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Posted by Fred 2017-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 It's not hypocritical, he approves of guns for his people. Just not for our people. It's a perfectly consistent position.

Posted by Thumper Dribble5791 2017-01-07 00:06|| 2017-01-07 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 From wikipedia

buying automatic firearms and shoulder-launched missiles from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an Islamist extremist group located in the southern Philippines and attempting to re-sell those weapons to an undercover FBI agent

5 years appears light for what he did.

Posted by phil_b 2017-01-07 03:02|| 2017-01-07 03:02|| Front Page Top

Surely there must be some way Philippine President Roberto Durante can assist with this burdensome and costly incarceration.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-07 03:21|| 2017-01-07 03:21|| Front Page Top

#4 He should be heading for the gallows.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-01-07 08:24|| 2017-01-07 08:24|| Front Page Top

Gray bar hotel resident Raymond Chow Kwok-cheung 'Shrimp Boy Chow' leader of the Ghee Kung Tong and Clinton money bundler linked to gun runner Sen. Leland Yee ?

Probably nothing more than a coincidence.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-07 11:40|| 2017-01-07 11:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesting story with a moral. We both started our political careers at the same time, running for the SF Charter Reform Committee in the late '70's. He won and he's in prison, I didn't and I'm not.

Posted by Jiggs Omaique4417 2017-01-07 12:01|| 2017-01-07 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Congratulations, #6 Jiggs! :-D

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