Posted April 4, 2017 2:53 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who was running for U.S. Senate at the time of Albert Sheakalee’s arrest, made much of his case though no charges were pursued against him and the seized firearms were later returned. (Photo: Kamala for Senate)
A California FFL holder whose extensive firearm collection was seized in dramatic fashion had to fight Kamala Harris’ Department of Justice for two years to get them back.
The Clovis area man, Albert Sheakalee, 59, was arrested and had 541 guns seized from his residence on the orders of the California DOJ in 2015 after he was deemed a prohibited firearms possessor. Now, with no charges ever pursued and after a two-year legal battle with the state to get the guns returned, they have been handed over to a licensed dealer to give back to his family.
Sheakalee went through mental health treatment in 2014, which, unknown to him, landed him in the DOJ’s Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS) database. This– as touted in a press release at the time by then-state Attorney General Kamala Harris– barred him from firearms ownership and triggered a 12-hour raid on his home by Bureau of Firearms Special Agents which ended in his arrest for possessing

Source: Guns.com

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