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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolf1066" data-source="post: 5242857" data-attributes="member: 88680">Yet it was RPGs she blamed, not firearms that are stored in such a manner that they can be accessed and used.I'm not remotely "anti-gun" - I own a number of rifles and shotguns and would happily own pistols if I had the money and time for all the licensing/security requirements.  My point is: to blame the firearm or its accessibility would be a ludicrous thing to do - you can't say "the firearm" (or "the presence of the firearm") "made him kill himself."  Still, the anti-gun lobby makes those sort of ludicrous statements every day, blaming the device when the blame rests with the person who misused it.Likewise blaming Patricia is pointless - lots of people have screwed-up parents or have been mentally/physically mistreated by parents, teachers, peers etc and not all of them commit suicide or turn to drugs or run away and become prostitutes or whatever.No matter how screwed up she was, it was ultimately her son's decision to take his own life.Blaming firearms or RPGs for his death are equally ludicrous.</blockquote>