[EODLRD]

Well, here we go.

My nephew has had a bad string of events in his life. Been locked up in both jail and mental ward (involutary) off and on for several years. (He is 19).

He recently decided of his own will to become transient. Recently in a conversation with his grandmother (my mother) he told her he got a handgun for protection. She asked him where he got it knowing he wouldn't pass the background check and that he was a prohibited person (involuntarily committed to mental institution). He said he got it from a "friend". (Of course I read this as a street dealer).

Now, this is where the question lies. I know what USAF3E, Master of the Universe, would do. But how do I talk a grandmother into doing the right thing and coming forward with this information about her grandson?

On one hand she feels she would be setting him up for a felony charge.

On the other hand she knows what she should do to protect him in the long run.

I am trying to keep my nose out of it since she told me in confidence.


What say you, my fellow JBT's?

 

[EODLRD]

Thanks for the advice so far guys. I am going to try and talk to her in a little bit.

It is always so much easier when it is someone unrelated to you. I would the just tell the grandmother exactly what to do and I will call behind you to make sure you did.

Hook em up in a heartbeat then.

I haven't seen or talked to this kid in at least 5 years. So anything I know about him is second hand info. He now lives about 160 miles south of me.