[GeronL]

wait... what?

What is the problem with a kid holding a rifle? Shooting ranges around here have no real age limit as long as a parent is with them. They can even have birthday parties.

[Charles Martel]

The kid isn't the issue - a possible illegal magazine and/or unregistered "assault type firearm" (per NJ state law) is what they were fishing for.

That's a rimfire AR clone, but the lower reciever could be pre-ban and legal (which is probably why there was no warrant).

[Wanderer99]

The problem was potential resistance to communism.

That was the crime.