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To: Sir Gawain
A friend of mine, a Vietnam Vet, Shot himself five years ago today.

Sadly, another friend, who was only 21, may have overdosed last night on drugs designed to calm him from certain dementia's.

Two wonderful people lost until we meet again by different means.

Sadly, one may have not been able to live with demons of his PTSD and the drugs he was on, while the other may have been to suppress the demons with the drugs he was on.

A friend remarked yesterday that because of our friend killing himself, with a gun, it has resulted in her opposition to guns. Of course I made the usual sympathetic reasoned arguments about why he left us and the method of choice was irrelevant.

Then we received the sad news regarding our young friend two hours later.

Just sad and I have to drive my friend with their spouse to the airport to go the East Coast. They are Jewish so this death of their nephew during Passover is particularly sad as they body must be buried immediately.

Anyway, they means of ending of life is irrelevant. If the motivation is strong enough, it will happen.

Gotta go in about 10 minutes.

If you see this, Please Pray for my friends and their family.

Thank you

63 posted on 04/07/2009 9:18:38 AM PDT by Vendome
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To: Vendome

Very sorry about your losses.


86 posted on 04/07/2009 9:57:31 AM PDT by palmer (Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
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To: Vendome
Please Pray for my friends and their family

Prayers up, FRiend.

121 posted on 04/07/2009 3:04:52 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Vendome

My brother took his own life with a gun. That the was just a tool, it could just as easily been an overdose.

Guns don’t kill people, people do, and no amount of nonsensical talk can change the truth. The knife problems in England prove this without a doubt.


134 posted on 04/07/2009 5:25:37 PM PDT by xmission (www.iwilldefendtheconstitution.com)
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