Already parents of three, the couple is in the process of formally adopting a daughter through the state foster care system and is fighting Department of Children and Family Services rules they say severely restrict their gun rights. The couple charges that the firearm restrictions aimed at safeguarding foster children violate their constitutional rights and threaten their ability to keep their family safe.

"Our family has always owned and used firearms," said Kenneth Shults, 37, who is a firearms safety instructor and a machine shop manager. "No foster parent should have to forfeit their constitutional rights in order to be a foster parent."