Drowning in Irony Over This One

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

newarkHave you heard about State Sen. Leland Yee, (D-CA) yet, Save Jerseyans? The West Coast legislator who allegedly acted as a middle man for gun smugglers running weapons through… Newark?

The details via LA Times:

The affidavit says that in August 2013, a prominent California political consultant who had been working to raise money for Yee’s campaigns told a prospective donor — an undercover federal agent — that Yee “had a contact who deals in arms trafficking.”

In exchange for campaign contributions, according to the affidavit, Yee would “facilitate a meeting with the arms dealer” so that the donor could buy a large number of weapons. The firearms would be imported through a port in Newark, N.J. At one meeting, the affidavit said, Yee and the prospective donor discussed “details of the specific types of weapons.”

All told, 26 people were identified as having violated federal statutes in the complaint. It was unclear how many were in custody. They were accused of participating in a free-ranging criminal ring that dabbled in a spectrum of activity, from illegal marijuana “grows” to a scheme to transport stolen liquor to China.

I’m drowning in irony over here, Save Jerseyans, considering the fact that ABC News is reporting that Senator Yee was a “gun control crusader.”

What say you, Cory Booker? NJ Legislature? Tom Moran? The latter culprit’s recent anti-gun rant is particularly hilarious in light of the Yee story; Moran should’ve listened to me when I corrected him by explaining, in painstaking detail, how illegal guns used in crimes overwhelming originate from places like New Jersey with the strictest gun control measures! If he STILL doesn’t believe me, then the Star-Ledger can go ahead and contact the FBI agents working Senator Yee’s case for confirmation.

But hey, we all know that I could drown us in pithy posts explaining exactly how this extraordinary Yee story debunks most of the crap which the aforementioned anti-Second Amendment extremists have been shoveling over the past several months (or years, in some cases).

Instead, in the interest of controlling my blood pressure on a temperate Friday, I’ll leave you with a simple question…

Gun control: who does it benefit?

Law abiding citizens? Or criminals? And the Democrats who profit from them?

I rest my case.

 

Matt Rooney
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MATT ROONEY is SaveJersey.com's founder and editor-in-chief, a practicing New Jersey attorney, and the host of 'The Matt Rooney Show' on 1210 WPHT every Sunday evening from 7-10PM EST.

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