SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Santa Clara man has pleaded not guilty to possessing assault weapons, explosives and bomb-making materials and to threatening a public official in a dispute over gun control.
Everett Basham was denied bail at a hearing Thursday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
The 45-year-old was arrested last week after the California Highway Patrol tracked a death threat emailed to state Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco. The e-mail objected to the San Francisco Democrat's proposal to limit the rapid reloading of assault weapons.
Basham's attorney, Dan Barton, said his client pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges.
They include illegally possessing assault weapons, a handgun, destructive devices, bomb-making materials and a fake driver's license.
He also is charged with making criminal threats.
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