‘This is a Ghost Gun’ lawmaker aims to knock Feinstein out of seat

By Chris Eger

California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, far left, is a champion of gun control measures and aims to join former California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center, in the U.S. Senate next year (Photo: Max Whittaker/Reuters)
California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León wants to dethrone one of California’s top Democrats in Washington: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
De León, 50, announced his candidacy on Sunday to replace the state’s senior Senator, Feinstein, 88, who has held the seat since 1992.
“I know this race – going up against a longtime incumbent – won’t be easy,” De León told Capital Public Radio. “But this state needs a different and new kind of leadership. And I’m ready to take on that role.”
De León, a Democrat who has represented East Los Angeles in Sacramento for the past decade, first in the State Assembly and since 2010 in the State Senate, has been an outspoken champion for gun control measures.
In 2014, he made headlines in the gun community for his role in an embarrassing press conference for his measure to regulate the homemade manufacture of “ghost guns,” pushing that the DIY firearms only be made after the builder obtain a background check and serial numbers.

Source: Guns.com