Arizona mom tries to swap her 2-year-old for a gun

Raising kids is extremely difficult for most families, but an ultimately rewarding process. But you know what’d be even more rewarding? If you could trade your child for goods and/or services, like one Arizona mother who tried to swap her 2-year-old daughter for a gun.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies went to the home of 33-year-old Tanya Nareau on Tuesday after receiving a tip about the swap.

While at Nareau’s home, a family friend who had the child confirmed to deputies that Nareau gave the girl to him for a gun.

Deputies say Nareau felt that the friend would do a better job in raising the child. They say Nareau also claimed she could not buy a weapon because she’s prohibited to do so by law.

Authorities say Nareau has been booked into county jail. She’s charged with the unlawful sale of a child and solicitation to possess a weapon by a prohibited person.

So I’m not sure if this “family friend” was doing a good thing or not. On the one hand, it’s probably a good idea to get this little girl out of Nareau’s life before she ends up being turned into hamburger meat. On the other hand, a male “family friend” who’d take in a 2-year-old girl might not necessarily be on the up-and-up either. If there’s any way to make trading your child for an illegal firearm more scummy than it is fundamentally, this woman certainly seems to have found it.

I’m pretty concerned for this little girl growing up right. She’d probably have just as bright of a future if her mother had trained her for five years on how to spit bullets out of her mouth at high speeds. At least then she’d have a promising career as a sideshow freak waiting for her. Or as an appliance in The Flintstone’s household. Neither would be extremely lucrative, but hey, it’s a living.

[LA Times]

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