If there was anything to worry about re Kieran he would have been held for at least 12 hours, then either released pending further investigation or charged. The police do take reports of illegally held firearms and intent to use firearms illegally (licenced or not) very seriously, even if the person reporting has just made up a load of shit, so they will go in with the meat wagon en masse. As for the neglect angle, it could be something as simple as a child injuring theirselves whilst the parent had their back turned. Any idiot can make a phone call and turn something innocent into something quite different. I'm indifferent towards Kieran, so this is an objective opinion. And just to add I know someone who owned guns legally, but whom fell out with a family member and threatened to kill them. The family member told the police he had been threatened with being shot. Said police went round, a load of them, armed and made him lay on the ground.