"Criminals can get a gun if they want a gun," the head of the Miami ATF office tells the Sun Sentinel. So why did a Lake Worth-area 23-year-old make one with spare parts he found in his dad's backyard? Because he was too broke to buy a gun, and his driver's license was suspended and he was bored out of his skull.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-felon-gunmaker-lake-worth-20120806,0,2833096.story
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| Manny Garrido of Lake Geneva Drive |
Manny Garrido made a .40 caliber handgun that he kept in his pocket. It went off on March 29, and shot him in the leg. After a long investigation, he was arrested yesterday and charged with possessing a firearm as a felon. (Last year, he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of drug possession.)
Manny Garriodo's father told police he guesses his son learned how to make a gun from....the internet.
** The Sun Sentinel describes Manny Garrido as a "Lake Worth man." But he was living with his father, according to the article, and Palm Beach County property records show his father's home is a few blocks outside Lake Worth's town limits, at 1120 Lake Geneva Drive. So this is not technically a Lake Worth story. But it's close!
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