Gun range suicide or overdose suicide?

[Dsalz]

Wondering what would be better?

I can go to a gun range and shoot myself point blank in the head if everything goes well I have a 90% chance of death. The problem is that if... for whatever reason it goes wrong and the gun jams or it doesn't fire for whatever reason, I fear that I could be arrested and sent to jail for doing something like that.

Or I could overdose on 10mg of Xanax and 240mg of oxycodone and also alcohol for which none of them do I have any tolerance what so ever for. I was thinking maybe do the overdose and then like fall asleep in a bag and suffocate in my sleep? Or maybe I could stab myself in the neck or something and feel nothing since I'm high?

Idk... what would you guys pick?

 

[Moon Flower]

I wouldn't do it at a gun range tbh, that would be very traumatic for any witnesses and employees. If you haven't checked the megathreads here or the wiki they'd be a good place to start.

 

[Interloper]

I would avoid a gun range because you will most likely be going alone (which, in some gun ranges, will already set off some alarm bells) plus it is a high stress method (IMO) because you need to pull the trigger the moment you have that gun pointed or the range master will subdue you. You also needto make sure you aim at the right spot, and are using a strong enough caliber. And also, regardless if you succeed or not, if that range didn't already have a 'no singles' rule it will after your attempt. And also the trauma as lunar mentioned.

If you are in the states, I've not heard good things about being held against your will in those mental hospitals. Can't comment on overdosing.

 

[peach75]

Overdose seems be cooler, you know a lot of famous people did that.

 

[Someone123]

I think at a gun range it would be a lot less than 90%. With guns overall it is about 80%, but in that situation you would be rushed and I think this would lower the chances more. They do have a rule against encouraging acts so people have to be very careful about answering a question like this. I do know that stabbing in the neck almost never works, based on a lot of posts I have seen. The other method you would need to research and decide for yourself since I don't know enough about the reliability of it to say.

 

[eternalmelancholy]

If you are going to ctb with a firearm make sure you know what you are doing. You do not want to survive. There was a user on here who made a good guide thread. Basically you want to put the barrel in your mouth tilted up at an angle. You want to hit the brain stem clean. Being familiar with the basic anatomy of the brain is crucial.

I think at a gun range it would be a lot less than 90%. WIth guns overall it is about 80%, but in that situation you would be rushed and I think this would lower the chances more.

It is because people don't do enough research. They just put the barrel against their temple or under their chin. Because that is what movies taught us. This is a good way to blow your face off and become lobotomized.

 

[Someone123]

If you are going to ctb with a firearm make sure you know what you are doing. You do not want to survive. There was a user on here who made a good guide thread. Basically you want to put the barrel in your mouth tilted up at an angle. You want to hit the brain stem clean. Being familiar with the basic anatomy of the brain is crucial.



It is because people don't do enough research. They just put the barrel against their temple or under their chin. Because that is what movies taught us. This is a good way to blow your face off and become lobotomized.

I researched this a lot and it is not easy to figure out how to get the right spot- if you miss the brain stem it can just go through your neck and miss everything and you can be out of the hospital in an hour and go to jail. If you go higher it has to get both hemispheres quite a bit for it to work, and the difference between success and failure can be a couple of millimeters. The caliber of gun, the type of bullet, and the type of gun are all factors that affect the outcome. I personally gave up on this method because I don't know enough about guns to be confident of getting it to work, and many people who have failed at this method have blown off most of their face and have had to have many surgeries due to this.

 

[eternalmelancholy]

Yeah you probably need a fast moving projectile to do the most damage. At least a .357 mag. I would not use something like a 9mm. Buckshot would probably be the best. But full length rifles are so unwieldy to handle. Tough choice.

Firearm was going to be my method until I got institutionalized. I can't pass background checks now. One of my biggest mistakes is not procuring a gun when I had the chance.

 

[xyzasd]

Can you OD with just Xanax and alcohol? If you google it, it says it's possible but I have no idea how much Xanax and alcohol I'd need, does anyone know? Thanks.

 

[blueclover_.]

Overdose is less lethal, but gun range is high risk. if you want to shoot yourself, do it in an isolated place, like your room. so no one can stop you. SN is better than OD.

 

[myopybyproxy]

why not od right outside before going into the range and then shoot yourself? just need to work quickly and time it right - get familiar with onset and effects etc be sure you have the exact placement of the gun down COLD, i mean you have envisioned it in your head many times and visualised success, practised with other objects when you had the chance (a foam bullet toy gun could be useful for this), done your research on brain anatomy and gun types, can load and rack the gun asap, etc

might be missing a few variables in my post. consider every factor as carefully as you can and be 100% sure before you act.