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NJ cops came to confiscate guns after son discussed school safety, dad says
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP — An Army veteran father says State Police tried to confiscate his firearms without a court order or warrant just because his son was overheard discussing school shooting news with a classmate.
Police said their visit was sparked by a conversation that Leonard Cottrell Jr.'s 13-year-old son had had with another student at school. Cottrell said he was told his son and the other student were discussing security being lax at Millstone Middle School.
The conversation was overheard by another student, who went home and told his parents. Those parents then contacted the school, which contacted the State Police, according to Cottrell.
The visit from the troopers came around 10 p.m. on June 14, Cottrell said, a day after Gov. Phil Murphy signed several gun enforcement bills into law.
Among the six new gun control laws are the reduction of magazine sizes as well as "red flag" provisions that allow firearms to be taken away from people deemed to be dangerous.
After several hours, Cottrell said police agreed not to take the guns but to allow him to move them to another location while the investigation continued.
"They had admitted several times that my son made no threat to himself or other students or the school or anything like that," he said.
Cottrell said he made it very clear to the police that he was "not going to willingly give up my constitutional rights where there's no justifiable cause, no warrants, no nothing."
The troopers searched his son's room and found nothing, Cottrell said.
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NJ cops came to confiscate guns after son discussed school safety, dad says
MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP — An Army veteran father says State Police tried to confiscate his firearms without a court order or warrant just because his son was overheard discussing school shooting news with a classmate.
Police said their visit was sparked by a conversation that Leonard Cottrell Jr.'s 13-year-old son had had with another student at school. Cottrell said he was told his son and the other student were discussing security being lax at Millstone Middle School.
The conversation was overheard by another student, who went home and told his parents. Those parents then contacted the school, which contacted the State Police, according to Cottrell.
The visit from the troopers came around 10 p.m. on June 14, Cottrell said, a day after Gov. Phil Murphy signed several gun enforcement bills into law.
Among the six new gun control laws are the reduction of magazine sizes as well as "red flag" provisions that allow firearms to be taken away from people deemed to be dangerous.
After several hours, Cottrell said police agreed not to take the guns but to allow him to move them to another location while the investigation continued.
"They had admitted several times that my son made no threat to himself or other students or the school or anything like that," he said.
Cottrell said he made it very clear to the police that he was "not going to willingly give up my constitutional rights where there's no justifiable cause, no warrants, no nothing."
The troopers searched his son's room and found nothing, Cottrell said.
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NJ cops came to confiscate guns after son discussed school safety, dad says
