gun range suicides
I've been seeing alot about gun range suicides these days. I've been involved with death personally and by way of career for many years. I've not been able to peg this suicide trait people have. I've had a few thoughts.
I don't know if it's Biological or Mental or a strange combo of both. I think, in the end, suicide is a kind of tunnel vision of the mind. The choice is not so much selfish as blind. Options are minimised for the suicide one.
The consequences of the aftermath are not well thought out just like many endeavours people undertake. Ever get surprised how you missed a detail fixing something? Ever think when someone makes a mistake you think you would not have? Ie: 'what a dumb a**, should have known...'
Do I feel pity for them over their suicide? Oh yes, quite a bit, what a waste of life. If they would have just fugue, why end it.
Negativity directed toward this gun range suicide victim? No one involved with a suicide would be so hard after feeling the pain and loss. I do feel a little miffed that the 2A will be soiled by this poor use of arms though. Brady Anti Juice, however wrong it is.
When I hear any 'joke like' or dismissive comments, I know the gravity of the act has been missed or suicide never came to that persons life.
Empathy and compassion for them and their bereaved? Definately, it's human. It separates us from every other creature.
The big thing that's missed seems to be the personal responsibility for ones self. Rarely do I hear about the failure to respect the self. The fact that a suicide is often the end of a rocky road that was full of pain seems to be secondary to the method of suicide.
Why is it that some people are portrayed as somehow being influenced by the firearm to end their life? Like the shooting somehow convinced the range guest it was somehow acceptable to do. Whats up with that? Never have I ever heard the same about a rope in a hanging suicide, or the stolen car in an MVA suicide.
Just some random thoughts.
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