"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 08/13/2019 09:29 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , says...
And some 36,000 killed by gunfire, Pretty ****ing pitiful.
Rene
Yes, but most were not by accdent. With proper training in the use of
firearms many more would probably be killed instead of wounded.
I bet most were gang and drug related.
Murders by guns was only about 8 to 10 thousand a year. Many suicides
by handguns that should not be counted. Too many other ways to do that.
The interesting spin by the anti-gun crowd is guns are too effective as a
suicide tool. Better the person should use some other less reliable
method, fail, and have time to reflect. If they are not brain dead,
maimed, or otherwise seriously screwed up.
Rather silly given how reliable hanging yourself is.
A nightmare for someone jumping off a bridge would to wake up a
quadriplegic with no way out except time instead of the desired outcome.
I actually know someone who did that with a road
bridge, deliberately jumped in front of a truck and
ended up with very expensive and a real fluke of a
repair to his leg that was almost ****ed.
He hasn’t actually tried doing it again because
that medical catastrophe fixed the medical
problem that caused him to try killing himself.
A weird balance problem.
Of course a seasoned warrior like Bo Gritz managed to miss killing himself
with a .45 while sitting in his pickup so there is still hope for
incompetence.