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Unless you use hefty shot/cal, shooting yourself in the head has no guarantees. Many people shift aim at the last second and blow portions of their heads off an
by cairo_x 10y ago
Unless you use hefty shot/cal, shooting yourself in the head has no guarantees. Many people shift aim at the last second and blow portions of their heads off and still survive.
Also, think about the poor sod who has to clean up your body/find your exploded brains. OK, so you use a 22, so there's less mess, but again, you better hope it kills you all the way.
- jrnichols 10y agoIn my EMS experience, people rarely do what you described. I have yet to see one that wasn't successful.
- cairo_x 10y agoI agree that using a firearm to commit suicide is still one of the most reliable methods, but it is not failsafe, and certainly not nice for the cleanup people, or discover(s) of the body... Like, It will stick with them for life. "estimated the lethality of suicide by guns as only 91.6% effective, and Farberow and Shneidman (NL Farberow and ES Shneidman, The Cry for Help, 1961.) had it as low as 84.7%. The Hawaii Department of Health (1990) had it even lower at 73%. The same studies showed the effectiveness of hanging to vary between 77% and 88%."