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An 8-year-old foster child found a gun in a teddy bear she opened on Christmas day in New York City, according to a Dec. 28 Huffington Post report. Natasha Brunson, 8, had to be thrilled when she opened the mom and teddy bear gift, but shortly after, the pistol was found with the teddy bear set.

The gun fell out of the package, and at first the foster family believed it was another gift. However, they soon realized it was a weapon. The gun did not have a firing pin, and the serial numbers had been filed off. Obviously somebody was just doing something odd with this donated gift, which is really sad.

Natasha's foster mother Sheeba Anderson picked up the bag of toys from St. Anthony's Church in Soho. She said,

"This is something you never expect on Christmas. I feel like we narrowly avoided what could have been a terrible disaster. I couldn't calm down all day."

This would absolutely be frightening. It is especially tough to deal with a gun falling out of something like a teddy bear. Children in Newtown were given many teddy bears after the gun violence there, and it is horrible that somebody decided to put a gun with a teddy bear.

Thankfully none of the other gifts for the six children in the foster home had weapons hidden in them. Even so, this was a scary discovery for this New York City family.