Altman told Insider, "We debate our approach frequently and carefully."
"I don't think anyone can lose your dad young and wish he didn't have more time with him," Altman told Insider.
Altman told Insider that his thinking had evolved since those posts.
(When asked about guns, Altman told Insider he'd been "happy to have one both times my home was broken into while I was there.")
When asked about this, Altman told Insider in an email: "i can guess what that's about; these stories grow crazily inflated over the years of getting re-told!