Yes, my point is that the gun, of course, made killing the children a lot easier, but if the authorities had determined that the children were in danger, perhaps they could have been saved. Perhaps the children could have been put in a foster home or just as we have shelters for battered women, there could be a place for children in danger to go. In the case of these children, the father could have been called back from his assignment, the children could have been sent to their grandmother or other relative and most important, the mother could have been hospitalized until she was released by her physicians as safe. To the best of my knowledge, in most states people can be taken to the hospital as long as it is likely that they are a danger to self or others. In this case, it could have saved the two children and maybe even have saved the mother.