Gun Control Reform Activism

My dad is just as crazy and doesn't own a gun (fortunately for us) and doesn't have Alheimers or Dementia. He's just plain mean and a jerk and I think a binge drinker. He's 76.

When I dropped by my parents house this past October he offered me a beer in the carport then launched into an angry tirade about my support for Obama and insisted I bet him $20 on the election. I had never told him who I was voting for but he knows I'm a Liberal. But he was yelling at the top of his lungs on how much he hated Obama. I was shocked at the ambush and his anger. I couldn't get a word in edge wise. I finally had enough and tossed my beer back at him and walked back to my car with my mom following behind me apologizing. She said he had been drinking the whole day before I arrived.

Last week he launched into another angry tirade at a restaurant after my son told him he was going out for football. He was yelling so loud everyone was looking around to see what was going on. Everyone in my family told him to calm down because he was causing a scene but he kept yelling louder. My son was almost in tears. Every time my mom told him to quiet it down he punched her in the arm. I started going back at him and said his anger was out of control and he better stop putting down his grandson. He hit me once in the arm then my wife tried to get him to stop yelling and to listen to what we had to say. He finally got up and stormed off to his car.

I haven't talked to him since. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a gun but if he did I'm sure my mom or me would be killed by now since the man's temper is out of control.

At another restaurant gathering for my birthday in September my son had told my dad he was wanted to join the military and my dad went into another anger fit. Not as bad but he kept telling my son he didn't know what he was talking about.

He's been constantly putting me and my son down for the past year. I've finally had enough of his BS and can't see him again even though he's 5 miles away. My mom has been calling and coming over since I won't go back to their house. It's not fair to her since she's in her 80s and has to put up with his BS. She's actually talked about having him arrested or reporting him for abuse. She heard in our county he could be put away for six months for abuse. It's not so much physical abuse as it is mental abuse.

I've finally had it with the man. Our family is so angry at him we've been considering changing our names since both my son and I took his name. My son is the 4th and I'm the 3rd. Both my dad's parents were mean jerks. My Grandmother was constantly putting people down.

Not sure why these people get so angry as they get older. I hope not to end up like him.