My 68 year old neighbor shot and killed her 72 year old invalid husband

[AndyA]

1. That's so sad.

I can see that the husband felt they needed a gun for protection, since he couldn't get around well on his own, and wouldn't be able to do much if there were a break in.

Whatever was going through the wife's head at the time she pulled the trigger was probably momentary, and would have passed with time. Stress can make it hard to think clearly, and were it not for having a gun in the house, she likely would have realized she wasn't thinking straight after a few minutes and her husband would still be alive.

They sound like they were a great couple, having owned a disco and a bowling alley in years past!

So very tragic. They believed the lie that having a gun in the house makes you safer.