Reply #35: the man is described as having dementia [View All]

[northzax]

you can take away that person's right to drive a car, but not own a gun. I'm not saying it would have, perhaps no one cared enough about him to take away his driver's license either, but I hope so, for his sake and other's.

think about this for a moment, my grandfather is blind and has some serious symptoms of senility. Jsut last week I was having a conversation with him, and all of a sudden he asked what time his dad is coming home. His father died in 1960. Now, given these lapses of reality, we have been able to prevent him from being swindled by scam artists (he needs to get certain spending approved by the family) he has full time care, he certainly can't drive a car. But, in one of his periods of coherence, he can go downtown and buy a gun. legally. this sound like a good idea to you? an 86 year old man who thinks he's 10 most of the time can buy a weapon? logical, ain't it?

oh, and by the way, I don't own a car, either.