In New Jersey - It's 1942 Germany All Over Again!

DON'T have legally (yes LEGALLY) owned guns in a safe if you are a civilian. They will want to search your house without a warrant based on an anonymous tip! Many people in 1942 Germany were rounded up without warrant because someone tipped authorities!

Now for the story of the family that committed the heinous crime of safely storing guns in a safe in New Jersey:

CARNEYS POINT, N.J. (AP) – 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-caliber copy. And that, the family believes, is why child welfare
case workers and police officers visited the home in Carneys Point last
Friday and asked to see his guns PAPERS PLEASE!



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 schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut.

In this case, the family believes someone called New Jersey’s anonymous child abuse hotline.

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.

The agents and the police officers left, and nothing has happened since, he said.

“I don’t like what happened,” he said. “You’re not even safe in your
own house. If they can just show up at any time and make you open safes
and go through your house, that’s not freedom; it’s like tyranny.”

State child welfare spokeswoman Kristine Brown said that when it
receives a report of suspected abuse or neglect, it assigns a caseworker
to follow up. She said law enforcement officers are asked to accompany
caseworkers only if the caseworkers feel their safety could be
compromised.

“It’s the caseworker’s call,” she said. “It is important to note the
way an investigation begins is through the child abuse hotline. Someone
has to call to let us know there is a concern.”

Carneys Point Police Chief Robert DiGregorio did not answer a call late Tuesday to his office.

Are there any cops that are not Italians in New Jersey?