Army surplus store owner gets probation in illegal gun silencer case

The owner of a Chanute military surplus store called “Tough Guys” has been ordered to serve two years of probation for violating the National Firearms Act.

U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said 45-year-old Shane Cox possessed an unregistered explosive device, short-barreled rifle and gun silencers, made an unregistered silencer and manufactured and dealt silencers without paying the requisite federal taxes. A jury convicted him of 11 counts in November.

In addition to the probation, Cox must also pay an $800 special assessment. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2015.

His co-defendant, 28-year-old Jeremy Kettler, received a year of probation and a $100 special assessment following his conviction in November of one count of unlawfully possessing an unregistered silencer.

Both men are from Chanute.

This story was originally published February 6, 2017 at 12:23 PM with the headline "Army surplus store owner gets probation in illegal gun silencer case."