A California family has finally had their illegally seized firearms and ammunition returned after over a year in the courts. The collection has an estimated value of over 1 million dollars. It consisted of 541 rifles, pistols, and shotguns, and over 100,000 rounds of ammunition. 10 of the rifles were registered “assault weapons” under California law. One was a bolt action .50 caliber. Albert Sheakalee has had a federal firearms license since the early 1990's.

Sheakalee was mistakenly included on the California Armed & Prohibited Persons System (APPS) because of seeking treatment for high stress during the summer of 2015. He is 60 years old. Sheakalee is a Christian refugee who fled Iran in the 1970's after the Ayatollah took over the country. He has never had problems with the police and has no criminal record. He prospered in America, earned a degree in accounting, and worked his way up to become budget director of the local hospital's health care department.

Sheakalee says that he had no idea that he was on the APPS list until the raid occurred. Postal records show him receiving notification of his inclusion on the list on November 25th, 13 days after the raid happened on November 12th. From the sacbee.com:

However, Coleman said, postal records indicate the letter was not delivered until Nov. 25, 2015, 13 days after Sheakalee was arrested for possessing the weapons. No charges were filed against Sheakalee by the Fresno County District Attorney.

On 12 July, 2016, Sheakalee was notified that all charges against him were resolved. No charges were ever actually filed against him. Sheakalee had to go to court to have the million plus dollars worth of firearms and ammunition returned.

All of Sheakalee's firearms were legal. Sheakalee had gone to considerable effort to insure that he met the byzantine requirements of California firearms law. The firearms were locked in safes, in a locked room that had an alarm system. The firearms could have been transferred to another dealer or somewhere else for safekeeping while the legal issues were resolved.

So why didn't the California DOJ call Albert Sheakalee to determine what was going on? Sheakalee was a well respected member of the community who had lived there for many years. He had become prosperous through hard work and frugality. He had a federal firearms license for decades.

Sheakalee's lawyer, Mark Coleman, says that the reason is politics. Kamala Harris was running for Senator in California at the time. From fresnobee.com:

And it’s because Harris wants to promote her image among anti-gun supporters at Sheakalee’s expense, the lawyer said.

“It’s politics. She wants to be senator,” he said.

But Harris’ press secretary, Kristin Ford, said, “A case of this magnitude requires the public be notified, as a matter of transparency and trust.”

A case of what magnitude? No criminals were involved. A federal firearms dealer had his inventory and collection confiscated because of a mistake in the very database Kamala Harris was touting as a great crime fighting tool.

If the case had been investigated and reported on truthfully, it would have been a black eye for Kamala Harris, an embarrassment. Instead, it was touted as a great success and may have contributed to her winning the Senate seat.

The Sheakalee family eventually had their property returned, at great expense in time, treasure, and trauma. Kamala Harris is a Senator.


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When Libtards run amuck.

lol, anything to get the lessor libtard vote...

So, they busted this guys balls while the streets of Chicago are outfitted with more guns then some 3rd world nations Armies...got to love it.. Lol

cali libs think the whole state is a safe zone... Anyone with a gun needs to be put away...

So basically they "enforced the laws that are already on the books!"
And saw firearms and potential inappropriate use of them as a "mental health issue, not just a gun control issue!"

good thing i live in texas

You aren't that far from me!

yellowrose cool

I used to live in Plano, great place, except for the Collin county sheriffs department... Bunch of uptight nutticks....

I hope he sues ca for millions and when he wins goes on tv and thanks the
idiot senetor for making it so he could collect such a windfall

actually there are several states that are more gun friendly than Texas

Vermount, Ohio, Alaska, Kansas, Arizonia, Maine, Montana, Wyoming and West Virgina
to name a few

There's no way they can safely store that kind of arsenal

that family are a Bunch of yahoos if you ask me

there is no way you can know that after all most swat teams store their
weapons in a vehicle or when not in vehicle behind a locked door in a
building for all you know he may have a hidden safe room in his basement
with a 3"steel plate door hidden behind a bookcase or some kind of
cabinet with a monitored alarm w/video system and if not opened properly the basement is then secured so you can not exit the facility

it those kind of thought processes (saying what others are capable of)
that end up costing people their civil liberties why can a cop use
their computer when driving but you cant talk on your phone (because
of those that cant but do) so govt passes more laws infringing on the
rights of the capable instead of punishing the incapable when they
screw up--- that is the govt answer to everything a new law)

how would it feel if people started saying its too hard to drive that
4 door long bed crew cab you need to get a special drivers license

or those gas cook stoves are too dangerous because you might pumb the
knob and fill your house with gas

we need to worry about if we can do what we can and cant do ourselves
not judge what others are capable of doing the govt handles that job
and they are overly strict at it

Good one! 3" steel plates? hahaha


First of all, we're not talking about swat and where THEY store their weapons

Second, anyone with 500 deadly weapons and a crap load of ammo, should be made to prove their killing pieces are safely locked and stored and prove they could never be stolen and used in crime.

No, your glove box is not considered safe storage

How about Eli Manning news scandal right now. I mean..seriously..who wants his jersey anyway...lol

no we were not

i was responding to how the swat team stores their weapons and that he
may be storing his which may be more secure than the local govt
tactical weapons team

Should have confiscated under drugs laws and let him fight it out. The law written by conservative to take away property without a court order and without cause

so use an illegal law to stop a law biding citizen from protecting
himself and having a hobby they enjoy ---- what an ignorant govt
thought process

and if you look it up you might just find that is a democratic process