California Lawmaker Pushing Gun Control Got Death Threat | Talking Points Memo

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.”


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