I thought this was an odd choice of activity for the home to make. That part of the story seemed weird to me. My grandma and great aunt live in a home like that and they do things like book club, mind puzzles, movie nights, water aerobics, and gardening. I know that different places can be different but what would be the need for a gun in a retirement home? Even with the self-defense angle, it should be a safe place to be! Then agian, so should schools....Christina Rose wrote: ↑01 Mar 2018, 10:17 Stan Mason’s father was a resident at the Senior Citizen home, Green Valley. One day, Stan’s 89-year-old father started shooting other residents in the dining room until he was shot himself by the security guard. Before this, Green Valley had taken a field trip to a nearby gun show. Stan’s father purchased two guns with extended magazines. What are your thoughts on Green Valley making such a trip to the gun show? How do you feel about the residents having access to firearms at the home?
The Green Valley Gun Show Field Trip
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I thought it was odd, as well. I worked at a nursing home for years, and couldn't imagine this being an activity the facility actually sponsored. What residents do with family and friends outside of the facility is one thing, but for the home to provide transportation and everything to an event such as a gun show is irresponsible (and unlikely). I also don't see the need to be armed as a resident within a facility. There is more potential harm than good in that scenario.britt13 wrote: ↑31 Mar 2018, 19:39I thought this was an odd choice of activity for the home to make. That part of the story seemed weird to me. My grandma and great aunt live in a home like that and they do things like book club, mind puzzles, movie nights, water aerobics, and gardening. I know that different places can be different but what would be the need for a gun in a retirement home? Even with the self-defense angle, it should be a safe place to be! Then agian, so should schools....Christina Rose wrote: ↑01 Mar 2018, 10:17 Stan Mason’s father was a resident at the Senior Citizen home, Green Valley. One day, Stan’s 89-year-old father started shooting other residents in the dining room until he was shot himself by the security guard. Before this, Green Valley had taken a field trip to a nearby gun show. Stan’s father purchased two guns with extended magazines. What are your thoughts on Green Valley making such a trip to the gun show? How do you feel about the residents having access to firearms at the home?
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Watching older members of my family deciding when to give up driving their cars and knowing when it is not safe anymore and reading this book is making me think about whether a similar set of conversations occurs with gun owners about when they are no longer able to safely and responsibly own a gun.
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Residents in facilities such as the one discussed in the book really do forfeit some of their independence when moving it. Even in the best of situations, this can't be helped. I agree that it would be difficult to monitor who has guns, even with the most observant of staff members. There typically are not metal-detectors, so a resident would have to be either obvious or careless for an employee to know about any guns.dtb wrote: ↑06 Apr 2018, 09:36 I think the organized field trip to the gun show was a bad idea as a thing for the facility to do, but it was a good idea for the book. It got me thinking about what rights people do or do not give up in living in a setting like that and how difficult it would be to monitor who has guns and who doesn't depending on the type of facility.
Watching older members of my family deciding when to give up driving their cars and knowing when it is not safe anymore and reading this book is making me think about whether a similar set of conversations occurs with gun owners about when they are no longer able to safely and responsibly own a gun.
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While I agree with you wholeheartedly, recording this type of information would be in direct violation of gun ownership rights in most states.jessinikkip wrote: ↑01 Mar 2018, 18:16 With the fact that the book emphasizes that discount for all AARP members and the NRA is really pushing guns on seniors, it didn't surprise me like I'd expected it to. What did surprise me about it was that they were allowed to keep their guns and ammo with them and that no one recorded who bought something that day. I was surprised the center hadn't written down like "Okay, this person bought these two and this much ammo. This person bought this." Just so they'd have an idea who was armed...