(October 3, 2015 at 12:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(October 3, 2015 at 10:26 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: Indeed suicide by gun is certain and painless, hanging is a very painful death and not guaranteed to work. This is true for many suicide methods, wrist slashing taking pills etc. Guns are quick and effective, the very ease would be sure to bump up the suicide rate. There are times when if I'd had access to a gun I'm sure I'd have used it.
There were stats out a while back that gun suicides were successful 85% of the time as opposed to 3% for drug overdoses.
Who are the 15% who miss?
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
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