Chicago man pulls gun in store over 22-cent soda tax

[ttousi]

Police accuse a Chicago man of pulling out a submachine gun in a convenience store because he didn't want to pay a 22-cent tax on a two-liter bottle of soda.

Prosecutors say Shelton pulled out a blue-steel Intratec .22-caliber submachine gun and threatened to kill everyone. Authorities say he told police it "is my neighborhood, I'm tax exempt."

submachine gun?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/15/ch ... latestnews

[xd ED]

Police accuse a Chicago man of pulling out a submachine gun in a convenience store because he didn't want to pay a 22-cent tax on a two-liter bottle of soda.

Prosecutors say Shelton pulled out a blue-steel Intratec .22-caliber submachine gun and threatened to kill everyone. Authorities say he told police it "is my neighborhood, I'm tax exempt."

submachine gun?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/15/ch ... latestnews

Sure.
You can get 'em if you're ..."tax exempt". . .

[goatroper]

Who was his instructor?????

[westhope]

Shelton is charged with aggravated assault, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and having an invalid Firearm Owner's Identification card.

The way I read the above reporting, I would infer that a felon could get a FOID card.

[farmerj]

I think his problems are a lot worse than complaining about the tax

[loose]

Id be pissed too, thats like a 17 percent tax!

[Scratch]

The last line of the article states:
"Shelton doesn't have a listed telephone number."

What does that have to do with anything!?

[smurfman]

The last line of the article states:
"Shelton doesn't have a listed telephone number."

What does that have to do with anything!?

I suspect it was done as a courtesy to any attorney who may wish to offer their services on behalf of the accused.

[Nougat]

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Nahshon Shelton, 36, is accused of menacing employees and customers at a beauty supply store after trying to purchase a $1.79 two-liter of Pepsi on Saturday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ

[Lumpy]

Prosecutors say Shelton pulled out a blue-steel Intratec .22-caliber submachine gun and threatened to kill everyone. Authorities say he told police it "is my neighborhood, I'm tax exempt."

submachine gun?

I presume they meant (if they even know the difference) a semi-automatic version of a gun that has also been manufactured in full-auto. Unless that's an "assault weapon".

And was it Feinstein who called for banning any gun that could be bump-fired?