Owning A Gun Didn’t Make Me Safe

A custody battle over the lethal children

Photo belongs to author. A family of weapons.

Almost a year after my ex-husband moved out of our house, his frenzied unraveling began.

And when it started, I was grateful for what my former self did ten months earlier on a cool Autumn night.

It was an August afternoon, a year after revealing to me his want for another woman. His unhinged boldness led him to…