Friend Bonnie and I were discussing a related matter recently. I told Bonnie about an article that I read about habits of successful and wealthy people.
The article stated that successful people hang around with positive, productive and similarly successful people. Further, they refuse to hang around, negative, whiny, self destructive people. That kid of person is like an anchor chain for a happy life! It's OK to avoid negative people. It's OK to keep negative relatives at a distance to preserve your happiness and success!
My advice? Love him because he's family and blood but minimize his influence on you. Distance is the best security. What he did with that generous gift was probably legal, but it wasn't right. Once given, it was his to do with it as he wanted.
You know now, how he is and he can only provide more of the same. The firearm gift was a good learning tool. Stay away from him!
Flash
Thats the kind of life advice I always love hearing from Elders. Thanks you