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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia Lawmaker Pushing Gun Control Got Death Threat
California Lawmaker Pushing Gun Control Got Death Threat
Four weeks ago, California state Sen. Leland Yee (D) got a death threat unlike any other he has ever received.
The author of the email specifically stated that if I did not cease our legislative efforts to stop gun violence that he would assassinate me in or around the Capitol, Yee said in a statement released Thursday. He stated that he was a trained sniper and his email detailed certain weapons he possessed.
Yee said the email was not a racist rant on my ethnicity or culture, but instead it was very deliberate and specific. His office immediately notified law enforcement.
Thursdays statement came after authorities made an arrest in the case. On Tuesday, law enforcement officials arrested Everett Basham, 45, a Silicon Valley engineer, according to The Los Angeles Times.
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California Lawmaker Pushing Gun Control Got Death Threat (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
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derby378
(30,252 posts)1. Look...
Even though I've got problems with Yee's stand on gun legislation, that's no reason to take him out.
This would-be assassin should slither back into the desert and pray the FBI never tracks him down.
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Brigid
(17,621 posts)3. Threatening someone with assassination:
Yeah, that's the way to make a point that we don't need gun control.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)4. Several MORE...
Brandon Rittiman @BrandonRittiman
From @MarkFerrandino: Several house D's have gotten death threats amid #Gun debate. Including Fields, Salazar, & Kagan. #COleg
https://twitter.com/BrandonRittiman/status/302549777638383616
From @MarkFerrandino: Several house D's have gotten death threats amid #Gun debate. Including Fields, Salazar, & Kagan. #COleg
https://twitter.com/BrandonRittiman/status/302549777638383616
Brandon Rittiman @BrandonRittiman
Transcript of threat that Rep. Salazar just read. #GunControl #COleg pic.twitter.com/zcgjr0at
Photo of the threat (transcript) here: https://twitter.com/BrandonRittiman/status/302559180831735808/photo/1
https://twitter.com/BrandonRittiman/status/302559180831735808
Transcript of threat that Rep. Salazar just read. #GunControl #COleg pic.twitter.com/zcgjr0at
Photo of the threat (transcript) here: https://twitter.com/BrandonRittiman/status/302559180831735808/photo/1
https://twitter.com/BrandonRittiman/status/302559180831735808
frylock
(34,825 posts)5. sounds responsible
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)6. In the course of work I have met Leeland Yee
He is on the younger side and I hope the person issuing the threats has a long time to consider why he lost his guns.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)7. K & R !!!