Want to Adopt then Give Up your 2nd Amendment Rights
By: Addison Riddleberger
The only thing Kenneth and Colleen Shults wanted to do was bring their beloved foster child into their home indefinitely — but leave it to our overreaching and bloated government to make them sacrifice their Second Amendment rights in order to do so.
The Illinois couple, currently undergoing the adoption process, has been engaged in a legal battle with the Department of Children and Family Services, which has attempted to require them to confirm that there were no firearms in the home or to complete the Foster Family Firearms Arrangement form, according to Fox News.
They take issue with the form because they must disclose the location of every gun-related material (firearms, magazines, ammo) in their home and potentially be subject to “involuntary inspections” by the state.
“Our family has always owned and used firearms,” Kenneth Shults, a 37-year-old firearms safety instructor, said. “No foster parent should have to forfeit their constitutional rights in order to be a foster parent.”
The restrictions also mandate that firearms must be stored completely unloaded, with trigger guards engaged and locked away in a safe.
Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Washington-based Second Amendment Foundation, jumped to the aide of the parents, saying the department’s restrictions woul dcompletely nullify the rationale behind using a firearm — it’s for protection.
“When seconds count, having your gun unloaded, locked up and ammunition stored somewhere else makes you a likely victim of a violent crime,” Gottlieb said. “This lawsuit is important not just for foster families in Illinois, but all across the nation. What we are challenging is the denial of the fundamental right to defend yourself and your family.”
“One would think the state would have wised up by now. But here we are again, to make sure that the state cannot discriminate against foster parents who merely wish to exercise the rights we’ve restored in Illinois,” he concluded.
It’s mighty ironic that the same government that lets you murder a child in the womb is also attempting to barter your right to self-defense for the adoption of a loved one.
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