{"id":5380,"date":"2014-01-15T15:41:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T15:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megalextoria.wordpress.com\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2014-01-15T15:41:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T15:41:21","slug":"store-owner-gets-60k-fine-for-selling-gun-shaped-lighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/01\/15\/store-owner-gets-60k-fine-for-selling-gun-shaped-lighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Store owner gets $60k fine for selling gun-shaped lighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a New York City tourist shop is filing papers to block a $60,000 fine from the city for selling lighters shaped like small pistols.<\/p>\n<p>An inspector arrived at US Camera &amp; Computer Inc. in Manhattan and told Fred Shayes the $10 lighters were illegal, reports the New York Post. The bronze-and-silver colored 3-inch butane lighters were shaped like guns with black handles and red tips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took it off the shelf right away. I sent it back, and I showed them the invoice that proved I returned it,\u201d Shayes said. Still, Shayes lost in a hearing at the Department of Consumer Affairs\u2019 appeals board, and went to court.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/politics\/?x=entry:entry140115-183934\">Store owner gets $60k fine for selling gun-shaped lighters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a New York City tourist shop is filing papers to block a $60,000 fine from the city for selling lighters shaped like small pistols. An inspector arrived at US Camera &amp; Computer Inc. in Manhattan and told Fred Shayes the $10 lighters were illegal, reports the New York Post. The bronze-and-silver colored 3-inch butane lighters were shaped like guns with black handles and red tips. \u201cI took it off the shelf right away. I sent it back, and I showed them the invoice that proved I returned it,\u201d Shayes said. Still, Shayes lost in a hearing at the Department of Consumer Affairs\u2019 appeals board, and went to court. via Store owner gets $60k fine for selling gun-shaped lighters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1231],"class_list":["post-5380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics","tag-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}