[sport]

Probably the purpose of the request was to have him declared incompetent. They could then be appointed as his executors and could dole out his money as they saw fit. In his best interest and for his welfare of course. If he complained, their response would be,"Pay no attention to him. He is incompetent." There will be no good intentions for any Red Flag reports. All will be self serving. And once the laws are effective, the police switchboards will be burned up with people reporting other people.

Since the police said they found a pipe bomb there, he is probably not coming back home. And if the police said they found a pipe bomb , they found a pipe bomb. They probably [with the same odds of probability that the sun will rise in the east Sunday morning] put it there, so why shouldn't they find it? So with that happening, the lawyers and family members will be fighting over who gets the old man's money. The smart money bets on the lawyers.

[marktwain]

Since the police said they found a pipe bomb there, he is probably not coming back home.

Some of the stories have walked back the "pipe bomb" claim, just as they have walked back the grenades to *inert* grenades.

[Albion Wilde]

Probably the purpose of the request was to have him declared incompetent. They could then be appointed as his executors and could dole out his money as they saw fit.

Bingo. When I lived in Phily, I saw a street fight among relatives of a recently deceased neighbor, with furniture being thrown and a gun waved.

Of course, they were from a side street, but still...
/sarc