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| Subject: Cops swoop because of 10 year-old's gun-toting Facebook snap Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:41 pm | |
| The ruddy-cheeked, camouflage-clad boy in the photo smiles out from behind a pair of glasses, proudly holding a gun his father gave him as a present for his upcoming 11th birthday.
The weapon in the photo, posted by his dad on Facebook, resembles a military-style assault rifle but, his father says, is actually just a .22-calibre copy.
And that, the family believes, is why US child welfare case workers and police officers visited the home in Carneys Point last Friday and asked to see his guns.
New Jersey's Department of Children and Families declined to comment specifically on the case but says it often follows up on tips.
The family and an attorney say father Shawn Moore's Second Amendment rights to bear arms were threatened in a state that already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws and is considering strengthening them after December's school massacre in Connecticut.
In this case, the family believes someone called New Jersey's anonymous child abuse hot line.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/8450292/Cops-swoop-gun-toting-Facebook-snap |
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