I took a gun from someone and never gave it back because they became crazy and went from the people in the TV telling him what to do, to talking about his neighbors and his gun in a chilling way, I took it that night.
Months later when I asked him about his gun he said the police had come in and taken it and he did not want it back.
> I took a gun from someone and never gave it back because they became crazy… <
You did the right thing. Nevertheless, it’s a tough call. In a way, it’s like taking the car keys away from an older relative who cannot possibly drive safely, but wants to drive anyway.
I’d prefer that the government not arbitrarily make that decision (guns or driving). But, yeah. Sometimes someone must intervene. A few years ago, I was involved in an intervention where a 90+ relative was told that she simply could not drive ever again.
I hated it. But it had to be done.