Please - no offense intended
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:56 am
I am in agreement with stevie_d_64 - no offense was intended. And while I recognize any email or post to the internet becomes pretty much viewable by anyone. Our sharing of PMs was just because the discussion has been about people very close to us and we wouldn't want to hurt them any more than they have already been (no matter how deserving they might be for screwing up so badly).
In my case, my issue was with a family member who has drawn probation, can't seem to figure out at 40 he/she needs to stay away from certain things that create trouble or can get you arrested, and may need to boomerang back to my home. I don't forgive this person and I am really POed and disgusted about it, but, family still has to support other family (to a point - I fully understand that). I have guns, I have a CHL, I am a reasonable person, but I really don't want to: a) send this person to jail because they had easy access to my weapons; b) create a situation where something bad will happen in my own home; or 3) make me just create distance from this person by telling them that they are on their own. I also don't want to have to take my weapons someplace to store them if this person is visiting, nor do I want to have to worry about my own carry weapon if in his current home, or mine.
I believe I have collected some good information in the PMs with others - but again, because some of the discussion is personal - I think it should remain private. This is about as far as I want to reveal here.
I think the biggest problem is that there really is not a clear direction for us (as gun owners, CHL holders, or even as parents/family members) on what to do for or around these people. It seems vague, and may be subject to who or what State or Federal agency wants to make a case out of it. Meanwhile, the potential to cause someone to go back to jail for the remainder of their sentence, the possibility of my having weapons confiscated or having to move them somewhere else, or potentially being prosecuted for something, really worries me.
In my case, my issue was with a family member who has drawn probation, can't seem to figure out at 40 he/she needs to stay away from certain things that create trouble or can get you arrested, and may need to boomerang back to my home. I don't forgive this person and I am really POed and disgusted about it, but, family still has to support other family (to a point - I fully understand that). I have guns, I have a CHL, I am a reasonable person, but I really don't want to: a) send this person to jail because they had easy access to my weapons; b) create a situation where something bad will happen in my own home; or 3) make me just create distance from this person by telling them that they are on their own. I also don't want to have to take my weapons someplace to store them if this person is visiting, nor do I want to have to worry about my own carry weapon if in his current home, or mine.
I believe I have collected some good information in the PMs with others - but again, because some of the discussion is personal - I think it should remain private. This is about as far as I want to reveal here.
I think the biggest problem is that there really is not a clear direction for us (as gun owners, CHL holders, or even as parents/family members) on what to do for or around these people. It seems vague, and may be subject to who or what State or Federal agency wants to make a case out of it. Meanwhile, the potential to cause someone to go back to jail for the remainder of their sentence, the possibility of my having weapons confiscated or having to move them somewhere else, or potentially being prosecuted for something, really worries me.