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re: Dementia: Disabling Firearms
Posted on 3/3/22 at 11:44 am to TSLG
Posted on 3/3/22 at 11:44 am to TSLG
If you are at this point you need to confiscate the weapons entirely.
By the way, nice job creating evidence that you knew or should have known that this person was a danger to themselves or others.
By the way, nice job creating evidence that you knew or should have known that this person was a danger to themselves or others.
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Posted on 3/3/22 at 11:48 am to TSLG
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How difficult would it be to disable firearms without an elderly person knowing?
Are there parts on most guns that removal would cause the gun to 100% not fire? Do pistols have removable firing pins like a rifle?
I feel like there's more to the story here that we're missing.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:00 pm to Indefatigable
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:01 pm to TSLG
Remove the firing pin
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:05 pm to TSLG
Went through this with my old man. I told him I was taking them to my place to clean them for him and I would bring them back next time I visited. He didn't argue so the event of me asking if I could take them didn't stick out in his memory banks. He never asked about them again after that. If you create a tense situation by telling him you are taking them and he doesn't have a choice, it will be a constant issue. You have to make it seem like their idea, much like taking the keys away.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:11 pm to TSLG
Yes pistols (semi autos) have firing pins.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:12 pm to Camp Randall
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I’m going through this too. He thought a speaker falling from a shelf was a sniper shot. He was literally army crawling in his house to avoid being shot. I took all of his guns and he hasn’t even noticed. Prayers to you.
My mother thought her friend and neighbor of 30 years was plotting to kill her and take her car. It seems like friends and relatives suddenly being seen as threats is pretty common.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:12 pm to TSLG
Take away guns from mentally ill people. Period. Lock your guns up if you have mentally ill people living in your house. Period.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:21 pm to TSLG
If they pull them on the wrong people, they will get shot, disabled or not.
Best thing to do is remove it completely from the household.
Best thing to do is remove it completely from the household.
This post was edited on 3/3/22 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:23 pm to TSLG
My grandfather has dementia and over the last few years I have slowly taken every firearm he owns one by one. He has never noticed and they are locked away in my safe.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:25 pm to TSLG
Remove the firing pins 100% will not fire. You may someone who knows there way around firearms to help or look up on YouTube
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:26 pm to Wtodd
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Trade out the ammo with blanks
Blanks still go bang. Years ago an actor shot himself with a blank, the shockwave and the wadding were enough to kill him.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:27 pm to TSLG
Disabling firearms is not a smart idea. Either have a frank conversation with them, or go through the medical channels.
If he's riddled with dementia, then I agree with the guy who said he took them to clean them.
If he's riddled with dementia, then I agree with the guy who said he took them to clean them.
This post was edited on 3/3/22 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:41 pm to Wtodd
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Trade out the ammo with blanks
This post was edited on 3/3/22 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:42 pm to TSLG
take it away from them like I did with my Dad = he doesn't even remember he had one.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:54 pm to TSLG
Just take them. Don't worry, they're going to always be mad and upset at you from now on anyway. It's a crappy road, no need in making it even worse by having someone armed with dementia.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:59 pm to TSLG
Forget disabling just send them to me.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 1:07 pm to TSLG
I'm going through this now with my father who is retired law enforcement. We had to remove the firearms completely. It wasn't worth the risk of him walking down the street with a gun because he thought someone was out to get him. The neighbors or responding police won't know the gun doesn't function.
It's a hard thing to do but it was necessary for us.
It's a hard thing to do but it was necessary for us.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 1:15 pm to Bucket
elderly person had a loaded 38 revolver with a round in each cylinder. I waited till he was asleep , removed the rounds and placed it back just like he had it
Posted on 3/3/22 at 2:12 pm to TSLG
My dad, not a cop but a firearm collector, suffered 2 strokes and has delusional dementia. He often thinks the house is filling with water. I just took all of his guns away and he doesn’t even know.
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