Ozzy alarmed by ‘gun crazy’ Jack

OZZY OSBOURNE is fearing for the life of his “gun crazy” son Jack who has bought a revolver and threatens to use it when he feels the need.

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The bat-munching rocker, 60, says he lives in dread that Jack, 23, who like his father has a history of drug abuse, could end up shooting himself by accident.

“Jack is gun crazy. Over here you can buy real guns. I have this horrible thing: I can see this movie in my head where he’s messing around and shoots himself in the foot,” says the Black Sabbath frontman, who hails from Aston, Birmingham but lives with wife Sharon in sunny LA.

“Sharon goes to me, ‘Oh darling, he’s been surrounded by guns all his life.’ But there is a difference between an air rifle and a 45-calibre pistol.

“I said to Jack, ‘If someone got into your house would you be willing to use the gun?’ He said, ‘Sure.’

“I said to him, ‘You know what, Jack, when that burglar came into our house in England I had him in a headlock and the thought went through my head that okay, I could kill this guy but could I live with the fact I took his life? No.

“What if I maimed the guy or pushed him out the window and broke his leg? All these scenarios went through my head.”

Meanwhile former X Factor judge Sharon, 56, says she regrets letting her kids run wild. Jack and Kelly, 24, have both been to rehab for drug and alcohol problems.

“I think back at the way we brought up our kids – I shouldn’t have let them leave school when they wanted to, I should have made them stay on and taken further education,” she admits.

“At the time I thought it was the right thing but in hindsight, no. It’s really hard to get it right.

“I look back and say if only I would have done this or done that.”

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