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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums92-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting son in Arizona
She told authorities that she argued with her son Monday morning over the way she was being treated and was upset with him stating that he was going to place her in assisted living.
Blessing told detectives she got out two handguns she has had since the 1970s one bought at a gun store and the other obtained from her late husband.
She concealed two pistols in the pockets of her robe before confronting her son in his bedroom and firing multiple shots at him with one handgun, records show.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/92-year-woman-accused-fatally-shooting-son-arizona-56353565
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FSogol
(45,360 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Otherwise she might be in a tent in the 110+ degree heat.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)Dont let the bastards get you down!
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)dhol82
(9,351 posts)The son wanted to put her away, she chose to put him away.
Quid pro quo.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Its a miracle she remembered she had those guns since 50 years ago.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Culprit.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)On the significant problem of gun ownership in the elderly population, with an emphasis on Alzheimers and dementia. It was heartbreaking, and frightening, with several tragic stories.
The only practical advice was that people need to talk to their parents or spouses early in the diagnosis of the disease to get them to agree to get rid of their firearms. It is only then that they can comprehend the very real possibility that in their confusion, their access to a gun might lead to murder ( whether accidental or dementedly intended) or suicide. The suicide-by-gun rate among the elderly is high.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)When I took her to her doctor who was a specialist he would ask her questions directly because there was never a vacant look in her eyes. And she responded. The responses would clue the doctor into asking me the questions instead. If she didnt understand the question she would look away. But there was never a look.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)no_hypocrisy
(45,780 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 4, 2018, 09:17 AM - Edit history (1)
He was extremely paranoid about being put away in a home. Not that I or my siblings ever threatened him or discussed the topic. He knew he was messing up with car accidents, starting a fire in our family house, letting his dog shit all over the house, etc. He had enough brain to think "What if . . . . "
My sister tipped me that she found a print-out of local gun ranges in his study. And Dad had been talking with some interest about being able to shoot again. (He learned in military training in 1945.)
That was enough for me. When he went shopping, I tore his room apart. Sock drawer, shoe boxes, in between the mattress and box spring. Closets. Bookshelves. Drawers. Kitchen. Everywhere. But no pistol or whatever.
I really figured he bought a gun when he drove from NJ to FL for his annual snowbird migration. Maybe two guns.
Anyway, I figured the firing range was a ruse. Dad had an explosive personality disorder and you never knew what would set him off and how bad it would be. I certainly didn't want him waving a gun at me if a new outrage got him going, y'know?
My father could have killed me without meaning to if he waved a loaded gun with it cocked. Or worse, he meant to.
Dad would have expected to have gotten away with this "accident". Make the judge think such a sweet old man couldn't have meant to have killed his adult child . . . .
Dad was a handful in many ways, but I certainly didn't want to count my blessings every time I left his house.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)I'm glad it didn't happen to you too.