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Gun running Long Beach customs agent had 41 machines guns stashed at home (CA)
latimes.com ^ | July 18, 2019 | ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE

Posted on 07/18/2019 4:46:14 PM PDT by ransomnote

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection watch commander at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport has admitted running an illegal gun operation, authorities said. Wei Xu, 56, of Santa Fe Springs, was arrested Feb. 5 after an investigation involving undercover officers to whom Xu sold three guns out of the trunk of his car, including an “off-roster” pistol, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. He has been on unpaid administrative leave since his arrest and will be fired, according to Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office. In court Wednesday, Xu pleaded guilty to illegally selling guns on the internet, some of which he obtained by using his power as a law enforcement official, and to creating a fake company to avoid paying taxes, prosecutors said. He also pleaded guilty to illegally possessing unregistered firearms and making false statements to a federal agency about his involvement with a Chinese company to get a secret-level security clearance. ADVERTISEMENT “Mr. Xu’s public life as a federal officer masked his private greed and disrespect for the law,” U.S. Atty. Nick Hanna said in a news release. “Public officials promise to act with integrity when they take an oath of office, and we will zealously prosecute those who mock the laws they have sworn to uphold.” Prosecutors said that between the late 1990s and when he was arrested, Xu sold at least 99 guns without a license, some within days of buying them. Officials said he increased his profits by exploiting his status as a law enforcement officer to buy handguns that can’t be sold to the public by a federal licensed dealer. When investigators searched Xu’s home in February, they found more than 250 weapons, including 41 machine guns and two short-barreled rifles.

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To: TigersEye
Sum Ting Wong with 41 machine guns?

Wei Xu Lo!

41 posted on 07/18/2019 8:24:05 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Ezekiel

LOL You win. No Wei Xu top that though.


42 posted on 07/18/2019 8:28:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: ransomnote

So do Sanctuary City laws apply to this too?
I am confused.


43 posted on 07/20/2019 3:38:01 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Fascism and socialism are cousins. They both disarm their citizens.)
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To: ransomnote
41 machine guns

Due to the cost and unavailability of "machine guns" I doubt he actually had any and the author is just another firearms ignorant putz.....

44 posted on 07/20/2019 3:43:30 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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