AngTxGal
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Nobody has proposed removing guns from the hands of "all elderly." The defendant in this case will no doubt have a mental evaluation.
Red Flag laws allow families and law enforcement to step in and remove access to guns from someone who shows signs of dementia or instability and who refuses to give up their guns. JMO
If RedFlag laws are supposed to do what you have said then a person who has been flagged would lose their ability to defend themselves.
In order for a RedFlag to have worked in this case, someone would have to know his mental state, that he had guns, and believe he was a danger to himself or others. Next, that someone would have to contact the authorities, fill out paperwork etc. so his guns could be removed.
From what I’ve read, the two grandsons do not agree about his state of mind And beliefs.
This highlights elderly who try to live independently, and family is not checking up on them regularly.
IMO
He should not have shot the boy. He likely should not have had a gun. He certainly should not have shot the boy through the door and then pursued him and shot him again.
He did say he was afraid and thought the boy was trying to break into his home.
IMO he wasn’t that afraid or he would not have opened the door, shot, and then walked out into the yard to shoot the boy a second time. That is not what an afraid person does, that is what an aggressor does.
JMO