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19. Yet owning more than one weapon

and high-powered ones at that didn't save the mother.

The answer isn't arming our educators. It's controlling our firearms better, educating the publoic, de-glorifying violence, providing good mental health care to those in need, and disarming the unstable.

I have a brother in law who owns an arsenal. He is so depressed he can't work. He can hunt, but he can't work. He refuses to come out of his bedroom on most days. He watches Fox News 24/7. They have a daughter and family with a young daughter living with them. Their son and his 3 kids are at their home constantly. There are at least 3 guns at any given time in any of their vehicles. They all have concealed carry permits. All of them, my sister, her husband, their kids and their spouses all have sustance abuse issues. My sister has to run their small business alone, yet she complains that she can't afford health insurance. While owing about $10,000 worth of guns I'd estimate. They're such good little conservatives that they allowed the state of Florida to pay for an operation for my brother in law so that he could go back to work at one point, all the while, knowing that he'd never go back. My parents who live next door are constantly in fear that something terrible is going to happen.

My brother owns a smaller arsenal and also lives next door. Two years ago, his young wife of just over a year, put one of his guns to her head and pulled the trigger. She died a few days later. Come to find out, she had a history of mental illness and her mother had attempted suicide many times over the years. My brother knew she had issues, but it never dawned on my brother that it might not be a good idea to NOT have weapons around her.

Never once has any of my family ever been in the situation that they need a gun for protection. The only time a handgun was ever used for it's intended purpose - when my sister in law killed herself with one.

Their lives revolve around guns - hunting, shooting, collecting. It's sick.