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laundry_queen

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12. That's exactly it

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 10:52 AM

Feb 2013

I cannot tell you how many stories I've heard of people who decide to kill themselves and take a bunch of pills, then as the pills start to take effect, they change their minds and call 911. People who choose suicide by gun don't have that choice. Plus, the 15% who don't succeed in killing themselves with guns have a long road ahead of them. A guy in my school, gorgeous guy, very popular, for unknown reasons shot himself in the mouth. Blew off half his beautiful face. He survived. I'm not sure what ever became of him....but I can guess his life wasn't easy after that. One moment is all it takes when there's a gun in the house.

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Singer Mindy McCready's death highlights role guns play in suicides [View all] spanone Feb 2013 OP

Not to mention it is being thought that she might have shot her husband and his dog graham4anything Feb 2013 #1

How do you keep guns out of their hands? hack89 Feb 2013 #2

Too bad it isn't highlighting pipoman Feb 2013 #3

i suspect that anyone who shoots themselves in the head highlights mental health spanone Feb 2013 #4

Apparently in this case, after other attempts, pipoman Feb 2013 #15

True. Someone who is going to kill themselves is going to do it with or without a gun. cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #7

Agree 100% pipi_k Feb 2013 #14

We all owe a big thanks to Raygun pipoman Feb 2013 #16

I don't believe when she bought the weapon Not Me Feb 2013 #5

That's exactly it laundry_queen Feb 2013 #12

What this should do HappyMe Feb 2013 #6

maybe she could have stabbed the dog to death, then or forced her dog to take sleeping pills? spanone Feb 2013 #8

Yeah, just sweep the reasons for suicide HappyMe Feb 2013 #11

both laundry_queen Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, and... Quantess Feb 2013 #9

Because doing something useful that actually helps people is too hard, I suppose. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #10