Since well before this country was actually a country, homemade guns were a thing. It wasn’t just accepted, it was considered a basic right. After all, if I’m required to buy a gun from a licensed gun maker, then just how is my right to keep and bear arms not being infringed upon?
These days, there are plenty of people who think the idea you can build your own gun–and that an industry has sprung up to make it easier–is vile and evil.
They want the practice to be banned.
However, an Alabama arrest provides just one reason why homemade guns aren’t going anywhere.
Three people were arrested Tuesday on several drug charges and deputies continue to search for two more who ran away.
Franklin County officials said their drug task force was investigating drug complaints at a home on Old Winstead Road in the Spruce Pine community. When deputies arrived at the home two men ran from a camper on the property into the woods.
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Officials said they also found methamphetamine, marijuana, needles, guns and homemade guns, capable of firing shotgun ammo, inside the trailer.