Posted on 08/13/2014 9:13:41 AM PDT by rktman
Though guns are not the most common method by which people attempt suicide, they are the most lethal. About 85 percent of suicide attempts with a firearm end in death. (Drug overdose, the most widely used method in suicide attempts, is fatal in less than 3 percent of cases.) Moreover, guns are an irreversible solution to what is often a passing crisis. Suicidal individuals who take pills or inhale car exhaust or use razors have time to reconsider their actions or summon help. With a firearm, once the trigger is pulled, theres no turning back.
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Heh, ain’t that the truth! And when you do, you remember how stupid 14 year old boys can be!
I went to a meeting the other day, and this guy and I are sitting at the back of the room, and the woman (who is an older woman and a very good friend of mine) is talking to the gathering about hand hygiene, and she says “I tell my girlfriends when we go into a bar, that if you see nuts on the bar in front of you, don’t put them in your mouth!”
At this, me and the guy in the back start snickering and smirking, and she pauses, kind of looking at us, totally blank, and going “Whaa...what?”
I swear, I felt like a dirty minded little kid, but we got a laugh out of it!
OMG! That right there's funny, I don't care who you are! (OK, it's funny to guys, I don't care who they are.)
I would have been doubled over LMAO.
Yes, I still have an inner 14 year old, and I'm 67. Thankfully, he doesn't call the shots anymore (most of the time, anyway).
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