Snake-Handling Pastor Andrew Hamblin Is Arrested for Terrorizing His Family With a Gun

A year and a half ago, Tennesseepreacher DavidAndrew Hamblin,who handles venomoussnakes as part of his faith, got in trouble with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. TWRA agents raided his Tabernacle Church of Godand took thedozens of illegal snakes they found, including rattlesnakes and copperheads, to the Knoxville Zoo.Hamblin wascited forpossession of“wildlife inherently dangerous to humans,” but a grand jury, deferring to his “religious rights,” declined to indict him.

Now Hamblin, 23...