The case against Ethan Crumbley's parents is about more than gun access

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. One grandfather

had been a U.S. Marshal and was a hunter. He had quite a few guns. They were all securely locked up and he taught us the rules of gun safety from early on. The other grandfather and my parents did not have guns. Any guns. Ever.

The story that stuck with me from early childhood was of a friend's brother. I played with Anne, who lived in the building across the parking lot from me. She was a little older and I always thought she was an only child. Somewhere, I don't know if I overheard the moms talking, or if my mother told me, I learned that she'd had a brother, Paddy, who had somehow gotten hold of their father's gun and had shot himself. It must have happened just before we moved there just before I was 3. Somehow that story is just ingrained in my mind and it scared me of guns for a long time.