May 11, 2016

Unusual Weapons

Improvised Shotgun

This handmade weapon does not appear threatening. It may present as a hidden danger because applied pressure could discharge the loaded shotgun shell. An unknown subject discarded this item at a driver’s license checkpoint in Cottonwood, Alabama, in 2015.

This handmade weapon does not appear threatening. It may present as a hidden danger because applied pressure could discharge the loaded shotgun shell. An unknown subject discarded this item at a driver’s license checkpoint in Cottonwood, Alabama, in 2015.
This handmade weapon does not appear threatening and does not resemble a firearm. It may present as a hidden danger because applied pressure could discharge the loaded shotgun shell. An unknown subject discarded this item at a driver’s license checkpoint in Cottonwood, Alabama, in 2015.
This handmade weapon does not appear threatening. It may present as a hidden danger because applied pressure could discharge the loaded shotgun shell. An unknown subject discarded this item at a driver’s license checkpoint in Cottonwood, Alabama, in 2015.
This handmade weapon does not appear threatening. It may present as a hidden danger because applied pressure could discharge the loaded shotgun shell. An unknown subject discarded this item at a driver’s license checkpoint in Cottonwood, Alabama, in 2015.


Submitted by Director Colonel Jim Smith, Department of Public Safety, Cottonwood, Alabama.