[trisham]

Yet he had been doing his big talk to the police, about his barrels of black powder and how if people just didn’t leave him the hell alone he’d blow up the house, the neighborhood, and everyone else just for good measure.

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He was dangerous, imho. Mental health workers are not trained to take down someone who has weapons.

[caww]

again...the wife had been aware of the ‘big talk’ before the incident and his instability....

My point is too many people who have family members with obvious mental disorders, with a propensity for violent acts, do not take them seriously UNTIL there is an incident.