Gun Police Arrvive
 

Glad this man knew his rights. For those that don't want to read the entire article, a man post a picture of his son with his new 22 cal hunting rifle in military style on FB. Later child welfare, 4 police officers came to his house. The gun was legal, they had no warrant.

Shawn Moore said he gave his son Josh the gun as a present to use on hunting trips. The elder Moore was at a friend's house when his wife called, saying state child welfare investigators, along with four local police officers, were at the house, asking to inspect the family's guns.
Moore said he called his lawyer Evan Nappen, who specializes in Second Amendment cases, and had him on speakerphone as he arrived at his house in Carneys Point, just across the Delaware River from Wilmington, Del.
"They said they wanted to see into my safe and see if my guns were registered," Moore said. "I said no; in New Jersey, your guns don't have to be registered with the state; it's voluntary. I knew once I opened that safe, there was no going back."
With the lawyer listening in on the phone, Moore said he asked the investigators and police officers whether they had a warrant to search his home. When they said no, he asked them to leave. One of the child welfare officials would not identify herself when Moore asked for her name, he said.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...6pLid%3D286156

Yeah this story is making the rounds.

I think it goes to show three things:
1.) Why Facebook is a really bad idea.
2.) Just how large the cultural divide has become between red and blue.
3.) Just how out of control or heavy handed government is becoming.

When i was a kid, in California of all places, something like this would never happen.

Already Yubbafied.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=203129

These "hotlines" where anyone can call in and report are a tough call. They're terribly abused by people that want to get back at someone. I'm not sure they're constitutional in many cases. If someone makes a false call, no way to punish them for it. I'm not sure what the answer is, except each case is handled by the caseworker and it's their call. If the call was only a man posted a picture of his son on FB with a legal gun, the caseworker was wrong and should be fired.

Yea, FB has caused more trouble than it's worth for many. The story under that one, a man got arrested for posting a picture of his kids riding a Manatee while in Florida.

Yea, I scanned titles to see if anyone posted it, but saw no title.

A mod can feel free to delete yours....:haha:....or this one...

ive been shooting ever since my m1 carbine and i were virtually the same length laying down.

its just a way of life - hunting - fishing - camping - grilling - eating meat - having "maritals" with a woman etc.

and it doesnt mesh with the domesticated, metro sexual, mani-pedi lifestyle of the leftists men in the United States and they dont get it and they want a lot of it to go away. it really is that simple.

i dont even know how many pictures exist of me at various ages from 5 to 33 holding a firearm of some sort or another, be it the pic of me firing a beretta 9mm at the age of 6 all the way up to me holding my brand new m-400 just 2 months ago.

facebook is facebook... share what you dont mind being seen by others.

i wont say this guy was wrong to post a photo of his son holding a rifle that rightly belonged to him

he potentially made one of these two facebook mistakes

1. making his info and photos visible with people who are not on his friends list

or

2. having the sort of "friend" on facebook that wouldnt understand the picture and would call the cops and CPS for no good reason

The police probably were required to come check on them. Like said above, somebody (maybe with an axe to grind) must have reported "a child in danger" so I would bet the police had to come out and see, and im sure part of that was to verify if the guns were safely stored etc.

yes, they usually have to follow up on this sort of thing

but it should have been a simple matter of "the boy is alive and well, see he is right here, no you cannot come in, thanks for stopping by have a nice day"

it literally should have taken 10 seconds to address this situation.

but admittedly we have a sweeping problem in this country that someone sees a child with an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200 shot range model air rifle and they drop bricks and call the fuzz. :nope:

will add though, I'm not all that fond of the M-16 style .22 for the kid. Get him a ruger 10/22 with a scope...not some military fantasy gun

I don't own a gun. I have never fired a gun. I do not hunt. I am a vegitarian.

I have plenty of sex with my wife. I have never had a "man-pedi". Should I reply with my own set of stereotypes directed at you?

Don't know if buying a rifle for twelve year kid who might not developed emotionally yet is good idea.
Kids might be unpredictably stupid about guns and lots other things also some responsible owners don't seem so responsible as some past events have shown.
Combine those two and you may have disaster.

The situation with police and rights violation is another story.

Before or after you got her a Xbox360?

HunterICX

I have to agree.

You would be surprised how frisky she gets after clobbering some scrub online. :haha:

I enjoy all of those activities, except I don't hunt. I would consider my views slanted to the left. Guess your comment kind of falls apart there, doesn't it.

So right wingers = real men and left wingers = homos.

Ladies and gentlemen, GT has indeed reached that point.