On the political blog URBANGROUNDS I found a blog about an illegal attempt to search a family's home. the blog is entitled "New Jersey: Police Attempt Illegal Search of Man’s Home for Guns After Posting a Picture of His 11-Year Old Holding a .22 Rifle" which was written on March 20, 2013. I would have to say the author is trying to target an audience who firmly believes in owning firearms and have the choice in registering them with the state or not.
In New Jersey they are much like Texas when it comes to gun ownership. You can purchase a gun and you do not have to mandatorily register it with the state. The father did not have that gun registered with the state of New Jersey. The father in question gave his son a .22 caliber semi-automatic riffle to go turkey hunting with. The father then took a picture of his son, the riffle, and the deceased turkey and posted it to his Facebook account for his family and friends to see. The problem came when somebody on Facebook saw the picture and called the Department of Family Services which sent Child Protective Services and four uniformed officers over there. They wanted to enter the family's home and see the gun safe. The issue with that was they wanted to enter the home and search the safe without a warrant which is a violation of the family's constitutional rights. The father called his attorney while this was happening to help guide him in the situation.
The issue of gun safety and control came from the Sandy Hook incident. People are asking for stricter gun laws, background checks, and mandatory psychological testing. His child holding the gun has been taught how to safely handle a gun properly, but that picture the father posted probably bothered someone whom was a believer that our gun laws are not strict enough. The police department of New Jersey handled the situation in the wrong way by just demanding to enter his property. If the police department was really in fear for the child's safety the would have taken a warrant.
The blogger uses an exert of another article where the father told the reporter that he had the right to own that gun so he did not have to follow what being told because they were violating his rights. The blog posted goes along with my beliefs that gun safety and ownership should be taught to children. They should be allowed to handle guns for leisure and protection if need be as long as the parents are teaching them proper safety. The government can not begin to violate citizens rights when they see guns because everyone is on a gun craze. Citizens of The US will not let go of their right to own guns and many will oppose stricter gun laws because they do not want to lose their right to bear arms or worry about their privacy being violated.
