I can’t reply to everything right now, but the overdose was explained as an accident. I am 100% sure if his wife thought it was a suicide attempt she would have hidden or gotten rid of the gun, at the very least have someone hold on to it for awhile. (And to paint a full picture, she was an occasional shooter who viewed herself as above average and who often voiced her onion for more regulations as well as an atheist liberal - so not your typical image of a gun owner.)
I don’t recall what he ODed on, but it was explained he must have just goofed up and took too many, and lied about how many he took. (ie. I must have taken a double does, vs a quad dose). I recall that the levels were the drug were higher than expected for just an extra dose or two, but was explained away as “people metabolize drugs at different rates”. And then he continued to lie about having no desire to hurt himself etc.
For individuals with young children, parents with dementia, or people suffering from severe depression I 100% agree one should take as many prudent precautions one can take. But as my example shows, many times people simply don’t realize something is wrong until it is too late. Like I said in this case his wife and his sister in law are both MDs. (In a related story, I know a guy who has several foster kids, most of them victims of abuse at a young age, and even though he was trained to recognized signs, found out after months that one of the kids was abusing his siblings. This dark shit is just hard to root out.)
The tragic thing is the guy was one of those people who literally was one of the nicest people you will ever meet. I mean that in a literal, non hyperbole sense. If you met him, odds are you walked away feeling better about yourself. And I didn’t know at the time, but a lot of this stemmed from being laid off work and being jobless for over year or so. Had I known that I am like 90% sure I could have pulled a favor and gotten him a job, while not perfect, at least in his field. Personally I know how hard being jobless is on ones psyche and once I finally found one, my depression greatly improved.
