I'm not a gun apologist by any means, but it should be noted that this is an alcohol story more than it is a gun story. This could just as easily have been a headline about a guy having 7 beers and then running over his daughter in a drunk driving incident.
I have no respect for alcohol, and the people who give up their entire lives to them. He drank 6 beers and decided handling a gun was the wisest choice. This guy is stupid, and should count himself lucky that he didn't kill anyone. Take away his children for their safety, and give him mandatory AA meetings if he wants to see them again. Give him harsh restrictions every time he drinks in the future.
I agree with this guy
I'm an alcoholic who's been sober, continuously (no breaks for weekends, holidays, etc.) for 39 years next March. I've worked with people with substance abuse problems in my professional life.
Whenever a person is trying to conceal or minimize the scope of their problems with alcohol, I have found that the discussion almost always gets around to the point where the alcoholic asserts that 'No one's going to tell me what to do!". There is an innate rebellion on the part of alcoholics that I don't find as obvious in people addicted to illegal drugs. Perhaps this is because alcohol is not really treated as a drug outside of therapy and counseling. We do this as a society as a way of having our cake and eating it too, and because we weren't very good in carrying out Prohibition.
I do know that I would not have recovered from alcohol addiction and remained sober had I not been willing to take responsibility for the outcome of my own life. That willingness includes accepting outside help and advise from others that one may not ordinarily take. Lots of alcoholics want to stop drinking. They certainly want to stop racking up consequences. Lots of alcoholics can say "I want to be sober!'. Far fewer are willing to say "I'll do anything!".
