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Bakersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Machine Gun
justice.gov ^ | July 28, 2020 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California

Posted on 07/28/2020 4:23:09 PM PDT by ransomnote

FRESNO, Calif. — Liodam Gonzalez, 28, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

According to court documents, on Aug. 30, 2019, Liodam Gonzalez fired a fully automatic handgun in a residential neighborhood in Bakersfield. At the time of his arrest, Gonzalez was a convicted felon and was member of the West Side Baker criminal street gang. Police officers found and seized the machine gun in Gonzalez’s residence.

This case is the product of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the Bakersfield Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Newman is prosecuting the case.

Gonzalez is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd on Oct. 16. Gonzalez faces a maximum 10-year prison term and a fine of up to $250,000. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally based strategies to reduce violent crime. To learn more about Project Safe Neighborhoods, go to www.justice.gov/psn.

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KEYWORDS: bakersfield; banglist; california; fresno; liodamgonzalez
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To: PROCON
This one's more memorable, albeit it with "...modified Beretta 92FS Inox pistols...": Selene Shooting The Floor ~19 secs
21 posted on 07/28/2020 6:13:26 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Hot Tabasco
Full Auto Glock 17 ~25m, but the "fun switch" on the back of the slide is shown starting ~50secs in.
22 posted on 07/28/2020 6:23:34 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Eagles6

Rioting is community service so...just the $250 fine.


23 posted on 07/28/2020 7:19:01 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine. Yeah)
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To: Phillyred

It’s not. It’s illegal to not have a tax stamp for it and it’s double illegal for a felon to be in possession of one.

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24 posted on 07/28/2020 7:26:44 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Glock auto sear switches are all POST 86 so none of them are legal to have a tax stamp for unless you are a class 7 manufacturing FFL and are making dealer or LEO “samples” and then you can only transfer that post 86 weapon to a class 3 ffl who is also holding dealer samples for LEO or military sales in short none of the glock auto switchs are legal for a civilian to own anywhere at anytime.


25 posted on 07/28/2020 9:31:10 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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To: higgmeister

Handy for shooting holes in the ceiling.


26 posted on 07/29/2020 2:34:23 AM PDT by Does so (Neo-Venezuelans = Democrats = Rioters = Looters)
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To: JD_UTDallas

Thanks.

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27 posted on 07/29/2020 4:55:54 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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