>>You are afraid your gov will come take them away...
>
>I cannot imagine where someone would come up with such an outlandish belief.
>http://hauppauge.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/dads-pistol-license-pulled-after-son-makes-water-gun-59c186f82b

Ok so the cops did the wrong (and probably illegal) thing. So you should have a problem with the cops who broke the law - not a law that doesn't exist.