EdnaBambrick wrote:They always defend him by stating 'he was in the army and knows his way around guns'. I point out that even the Russian Army wouldn't let this kind of stupidity go unabated.
My father is a retired Marine/National Guard veteran. But he seems to forget the basic things he was taught while in the military! I showed him my carry gun once, after unloading it and handing it to him with the cylinder open (J Frame S&W, model 36), and he closes the cylinder and, while pointing the gun up in the air, yelled "YeeHaw" and pulled the trigger about 5 times!!
One other time (I wasn't present) he was messing around with a .22 Saturday night special, pointed the gun at the wall, and pulled the trigger! It was loaded.
Almost shot the 50 gallon fish tank. Needless to say, I don't even mention guns around him anymore, even though he knows I carry. For a guy who was supposedly an "expert" with his pistol and rifle, he sure got stupid in his old age! By the way, I have that .22 now; his wife gave it to me after that little episode. The senility angle is interesting...