Martin County recover homemade gun from stolen car

Martin County deputies were on the lookout for a stolen car over the holiday weekend, but when they found it, they also uncovered something they don’t see very often, a homemade gun.

IT, MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIESALSO FOUND SOMETHING THEYDONNEWSCHANNEL 5TELLS US WHAT WAS UNCOVERED ATTHE END OF THE CHASE.(NAT TC :14 RUNS :3“THREE ARERUNNING ACROSS THE STREET”)VIDEO FROM THE 4TH OF JULYSHOWS MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIESCLOSING IN ON SOME SUSPECTEDCAR THIEVES NEAR I-95..

PARTOF A GROUP OF 15 JUVENILESFROM JACKSONVILLE.

(NAT TC1:24 (CANOUT?“THROUGH THE TREES”)EVENTUALLY A K-9 SPOTS ONE OFTHE SUSPECTS WHO HAD TRIED TOGET AWAY BY CLIMBING A TREE.ONCE THE SCENE WAS SECURED,WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE STOLENCAR WAS SURPRISING.

(SOUND FORJON TC 2:25 :9 MAJOR JOHNBUDENSIEK/MCSO“WE DOTAKEDOWNS REGULARLY ANDNORMALLY WE HAVE THE UPPERHAND WHEN IT COMES TOFIREPOWER AND WETAKE ON PRETTY MUCH WHATEVERWEDEPUTIES RECOVERED TWO RIFLESWITH ARMOR PIERCING AMMO.

NOTONLY THAT, THEY FOUND ONE GUNTHAT WAS HOMEMADE.

MAJOR JOHNBUDENSIEK CALLED IT AN“80-PERCENT RIFL”.

(SOUND FOR JONTC 7:25 MAJOR JOHNBUDENSIEK/MCSO :12“IF YOUA GUN GUY AND A LOT OF PEOPLEDO IT AND THEREILLEGAL ABOUT IT, YOU CAN BUYTHE LOWER UNIT OF A GUN THATNON-SERIALIZED BECAUSE ITNON FINISHED, THEY CANCOMPLETE THE JOB AND THEN ITHAS NO SERIAL NUMBERS”) (NATSAV 2885 23:56 :5 THEREWHOLE MULTITUDE OF PARTSBEFORE YOU GET TO WHERE ITCOMPLETED FIREARM”) GLENRUBIN AT AMERICAN DEFENSE INSTUART SAYS ITTO BUILD YOUR OWN GUN.

(SAV2885 TC 24:18 :9“ITDIFFICULT TO GO FROM80-PERCENT TO FULL SO YOUWOULD NEED A DRILL PRESS, THEBITS, THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TOCUT IT”) LIKE MANYBUSINESSES, THE FIREARMSINDUSTRY HAS HAD TO CONTENDWITH SUPPLY ISSUES.

RUBIN SAYSTHEYFINANCIALLY BY THOSE WHO WANTTO BUILD THEIR OWN GUNS.

(SAV2805 TC 25:06 :2“WE NEVERHAVE THAT MANY REQUESTS”)MAJOR BUDENSIEK SAYS IN THISPARTICULAR CASE, THEY WONABLE TO RETURN THE HOMEMADEGUN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO IDEAWHO MADE IT.

(8:23 :6“I DONFEEL GOOD PUNISHING THE GUNOWNERS, THE LAWFUL GUN OWNERSFOR SOME MISDEED THAT ACRIMINAL DID”) ONE ARREST WASMADE IN THE STOLEN CAR ANDGUNS CASE AND MARTIN COUNTY ISWORKING WITH THEIRCOUNTERPARTS IN JACKSONVILLE.JS WPTV NC 5.AFTER THE TRAGEDY IN SURFSIDE...MANY NEW QUESTION