Sounds like a stand up kind of guy trying to do the right thing. Give him a break. He has been a very valuable person who has helped more than one person and fixed more than one almost hopeless basket case gun. If I get the chance to send him some business in the future I certainly will.
I may sound like a broken record on this issue, but I am speaking from close personal experience on this matter. Two people I know went down this road. One, I was able to help out at the time and he made it and is still doing well. The second person did not make it. I, like many others, never knew how bad it was for him and he lost everything. We knew things were tight but he never let us know how bad they were. He lost his business, his house, his wife and in the end he killed himself. I do not know if I or others could have helped him enough to save his business and his life but the thought never leaves me when I think about him and his family.
Some people seem to enjoy others in distress or in failure. Makes them feel like more of a success or a winner in life. Makes them look more a small minded looser to me. FWIW
