Gun Control Reform Activism
In reply to the discussion: My 93 year old Alzheimer's father pulled a pistol on his caregiver: [View all]nightscanner59
(802 posts)Also: This is just the rude awakening that triggered the massive response as posted. This is the first official documentable dementia episode and now, official diagnosis. We, as a family, only now have the right to intervene fully.
Yes, old folks are on this verge all over this country, ready to snap--- that's what this post is all about, a warning shot if you will, Sheila! Yes, gun was clandestine, dad did have a bedroom safe and gun was probably inside it as it has never been found before by housekeepers or previous caretaker. It's a wonder his old crippled hands got the combo and opened the thing. The have been mostly and remarkably autonomous and responsible. So minus previous minor incidents that caused hunting rifle removal sweep on me and my brother's part. As I have corrected, hunting collection was removed over a year ago and no one had business elsewhere, until now.
I don't know the whole scenario, I am 1290 miles away at contract work. Brother is in same town but was blissfully niave to remainder weapon possession. Other relatives are also less remote, but enroute. It is an emergent situation that had emergency response:.
Please do not trivialize our efforts, anything more than previous would have constituted illegal, immoral and unwarranted privacy invasion before, in the eyes of the law!
I'm not denying the situation was ready to snap, but up until now they have been responsible for self care and autonomous nothing we could do.
Note about gun safety here: NRA used to sponsor gun and hunter safety courses. I don't know, don't care anymore if they do, but it once was their primary function that got twisted into this sick mission to sell firearms for the industry and bunch of dipshits. They suck.
But there are responsible gun owners, yes. The guns are locked, unloaded and fully safe. There are also dipshit, very irresponsible "collectors" who need to be controlled, all guns removed. Hunting is a brutal neccessity to avoid an even grimmer outcome of animal overpopulation. We do have to provide for national defense in emergencies, thats why ex-military are trained.
But gun control must marry gun safety, as it once was in rural communities!!!! Once same sex marriage is passed, it will be allowed again. NRA caught fucking ALZHEIMERS and went nuts, just as Jim Carrey has so beautifully expressed. The timing of my event here is just uncanny.
Let's twist their phrase to the actual truth here:
"When guns are illegal (ly owned by the demented, the unlicensed, the un-background-checked, the irresponsible) then only criminals will own the guns"
NRA must be dismantled, and gun safety laws passed.
What my dad did was criminal, but no handcuffs required, gun removed and never again to be seen by him.