Dear Chuccy
I don't mind you asking, of course.
Yes, I'm planning to kill myself, I'm afraid is the answer. I do not want to, but I perceive that it will be the only way to escape misery, so I am just living one day at a time and gradually going downhill in the meantime.
How ? Well, given the way this thread is unfolding, I'll mention that although I had a professional connection with firearms throughout my working life, with lawful authority to possess all types for business reasons, my authority dissolved when I retired and I no longer have access to guns, and I do not intend trying. I don't have a Firearm Certificate, nor a Shot Gun Certificate, and nothing hidden away.
You are quite wrong to say "guns aren't legal here" about UK. There are some 600, 000 people who hold Firearm/Shotgun Certificates, holding about 300, 000 guns between them. Add to that the unknown quantity lawfully possessed by Registered Firearms Dealers and you have quite a lot of lethal hardware going around.
My knowledge of UK firearms law is good, though a little rusty and out of date (like me really) and so I know that there are several exemptions which could allow me to obtain access (if only temporary) to various types of gun. I have no intention of broadcasting these as I don't want any action of mine to make things more difficult for the legitimate, respectable shooting community, which is larger in UK than many people assume.
My post-mortem reputation is important to me, and I do not want to be remembered as a criminal, nor a liar.
As a fully paid up member of the Cowards Club, I seek a method which will be as easy and pain free as possible, without having to break the law to accumulate the necessary paraphernalia. The rope, and partial suspension is one method, and SN is the other.
