That I should have looked up the suicide stats before posting, I was way off. I wasn't aware that so many suicides were by gun.
People only die of drug use/abuse because they CHOOSE to use drugs. I have more sympathy for people who choose suicide by gun (killing oneself deliberately must spring from some deep inner hurt) than for those who take the crapshoot of drug use and roll snake eyes.
That's true. But they can die of drug overdose due to medical errors, either in the prescription or administration of drugs, and those get included in the stats.
If I were to ever ‘self checkout’, I wouldn’t use a firearm. I wouldn’t want to leave a nasty mess for someone else to clean up, and likely have my gun added to some cop’s personal collection after a couple or so years of collecting dust in an evidence room. I’d probably gulp down a handful of pills, with a strong drink, and go to sleep.
Knowing my luck I’d wake up 3 days later in a dammed hospital with a terrible headache.....