The central office released this pamphlet urging family to keep guns away from veterans with dementia:
http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1186
Among other questionable advice is: If you have questions regarding gun safety, please see your care provider.
I've worked closely with enough VA clinicians to know that asking them about gun safety would be as informative as asking them about welding, or taping drywall.
But the real WTF part of the pamphlet is their illustrated suggestion of perhaps the worst method of locking a firearm, a method every owner's manual I've seen specifically warns against:
I will be writing this office tomorrow to offer my suggestions in a constructive, respectful manner, in order to improve the gun safety advice given to veterans. [sad2]
http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1186
Among other questionable advice is: If you have questions regarding gun safety, please see your care provider.
I've worked closely with enough VA clinicians to know that asking them about gun safety would be as informative as asking them about welding, or taping drywall.
But the real WTF part of the pamphlet is their illustrated suggestion of perhaps the worst method of locking a firearm, a method every owner's manual I've seen specifically warns against:
I will be writing this office tomorrow to offer my suggestions in a constructive, respectful manner, in order to improve the gun safety advice given to veterans. [sad2]