this will make you even more sad...and I ask that you pray for my 3 grandkids(1 boy,2 younger girls) after you read this. Their father, my ex son in law.....keeps a loaded shotgun, and a 22, in my grandson's(he is now 11, but we found this out when he was 6?7?) bedroom closet!!! He seems to think its ok to do that. Apparently so do the courts...my daughter tried to get visitation stopped, curtailed etc..because that is one of the many reasons, but it didn't do any good. In Sept. of this year, I went with my daughter to pick up the kids from school, we had to drop off the grandson at his dad's...the grandson went in the house, and not even 5min later, I heard a gunshot...I about had a heart attack...I told my daughter what the sound was and she said..I don't think so..that couldn't happen..We kind of argued..I told her I know what a gunshot sounds like..Pretty soon the grandson came back out to the van to tell his mom goodby..and I asked him right up front...who shot the gun off?? He looked at me with his eyes wide..and said very quietly... I did...why, I asked?? because the birds were in the trees!! they poop on my dad's car and he doesn't like it. He shoots them too...I just looked at my daughter and she was speechless...she preceded to tell her son "why" you don't do things like that..etc..Oh by the way...he lives at the edge of town, not even in the country....Hmmm...I wonder if I could call the police and tell them??? anonomously of course....Just report I am hearing gunshots and from what house.. I should have done it back then...now I am ashamed because I didn't. Because this is a public forum and there are ladies on this list...I will not tell you what I really think of my ex son in law. I do the best thing for them that I can do...I pray for them everyday. I pray that GOD keeps them safe..their father sure doesn't seem to care. I pray for my daughter too. My heart goes out to the 10 yr. old and his family. Even if it was accidental, they will never be able to get over that. I'm sorry, but a house/home is NO PLACE to keep a loaded gun...and esp. if children live there. Before you ask me, I am not against guns, but I do believe in safely using and storing them. I will put that young child and his family in my prayers everyday. I would like to tell you I am showing my daughter this story, but she has enough to worry about already. I love her too much to put anymore worries on her. I also apologize for venting.... Kathy Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Churchfield" <dctrk@c2i2.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:01 AM Subject: [PD-LIFE] 10 year old boy dies in Tucson >A 10 year old boy has died in Tucson this evening from > a gunshot wound to the head. They are saying on the > news that they think it was accidental and was self-inflicted. > They are not sure if anybody other than the boy was at > home at the time of the shooting. > > My immediate thoughts were why would a 10 year old be at > home alone, and why did he have access to a loaded gun > if what they are saying is true? > > Don in AZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >