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Pro Tip: Don't Bring A Loaded Machine Gun On The Subway
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 2, 2012
Modified Jan 2, 2012
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 2, 2012
Modified Jan 2, 2012
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Leave the machine gun at home! Along with the 9/11 Memorial you know another great place to not bring your loaded weapon? The subway. Especially if your weapon is a loaded Intratec Luger Tec-9 machine gun with extra ammunition—unless, it seems you've decided to try and skip the fare at Times Square. In that case just do make sure you get caught, okay?
According to the police it wasn't even the machine gun that even got their attention at first. Around 5:30 p.m. yesterday police noticed Reggie Allen, 33, enter the Times Square A, C, E station without paying his fare. When they approached the South Carolina man they noticed that he had a loaded .45 caliber Smith and Wesson in the waistband of his pants. And it got better. When they looked in his bag they say they found that machine gun, along with 34 bullets.
Allen, who reportedly has a "Me Against the World" tattoo on the back of his neck, has been charged him with criminal possession of a machine gun, criminal possession of a weapon loaded firearms and other charges. It is currently unclear why he had brought so much firepower to Times Square.
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