One of Britain's last remaining gunmakers says he is made to feel like a criminal and banks place the historic trade into the same category as STRIP CLUBS.<br /><br />Steve Horton, 44, runs Hortons & Sons, a traditional premium gunsmiths, which has been operating in Birmingham's famous Gun Quarter since 1751.<br /><br />He is one of only two gunmakers remaining in the city and there are believed to be as few as 20 across Britain still plying their trade.<br /><br />During its history Horton & Sons has supplied guns to Earls, Lords and members of the Royal Family - some of which still sit in the Sandringham Estate Gunroom.<br /><br />But Steve has now revealed his struggles with keeping the 272-year-old business going in the modern age because many people consider him a criminal.<br /><br />He also says banks often refuse to do deal with him as they see him as a risk to their reputation and class his trade in the same category as strip joints.<br /><br />Steve believes his 'artisan craft' is often misunderstood and a huge stigma still surrounds his historic profession which he feels has become ''villainised'.
