[Specialsman]

Bullseye!

[36ChambersOfDeath]

Just came to see if Budd Dwyer would say thank you for this post, was satisfied

[docfr8]

Impressed with the way the range master handled business

[rhubarb_king]

I wonder how common such suicides are..

[horsecs]

I always try to guess who it will be at the beginning. I thought it could be the girl because she seems to be getting help, making me believe she's a new customer/possible suicider. But then I saw that other person start looking over a few times. That was it. The looking around was a dead givaway. The dead man at least prevented a crossfire hazard.

[Nacho Man]

Originally Posted by rhubarb_king ↗

I wonder how common such suicides are..

I would say not rare enough to where some places won't allow you to rent a gun by yourself, unless your a regular customer they recognize. Where I live such suicides are not reported by local media and ranges are careful to sweep it under the rug. Word still gets around though local forums

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by rhubarb_king ↗

I wonder how common such suicides are..

34 range suicide attempts in Florida between 2009-2019

"The News-Press data show 34 self-inflicted suicide attempts at Florida gun ranges since April 2009. Thirty of the 34 were fatal. In four instances, information about the victim was not available.
Most of the suicides followed a similar pattern: A person, often a white male who doesn’t own a firearm, comes to a range unaccompanied and rents a gun for target shooting. The data compiled by The News-Press showed that:
Only three of the 34 incidents involved women, one of whom shot herself after first shooting her son at the range.
In only one case was it confirmed that the gun was not rented at the gun range. In 21 cases, it was confirmed to have been rented, and in the other 12 cases, there was no information available.
In five instances, the victim came into the gun range with family or friends. In 19 cases, the victim was alone.
In the 16 cases in which the race could be confirmed, the victim was white.
The number of gun range suicides tallied by The News-Press is likely an under-count. The industry is largely self-regulated, and no one keeps such statistics... For suicides in general, 47,173 people died nationwide in 2017, including 3,227 in Florida, according to the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over half (50.6%) of those suicides involved a firearm. Suicides account for roughly two-thirds of the nation’s gun deaths. "

[Oswald2001]

When ya gotta go...ya gotta go.

[rhubarb_king]

Originally Posted by gimlet ↗

34 range suicide attempts in Florida between 2009-2019

"The News-Press data show 34 self-inflicted suicide attempts at Florida gun ranges since April 2009. Thirty of the 34 were fatal. In four instances, information about the victim was not available.
Most of the suicides followed a similar pattern: A person, often a white male who doesn’t own a firearm, comes to a range unaccompanied and rents a gun for target shooting. The data compiled by The News-Press showed that:
Only three of the 34 incidents involved women, one of whom shot herself after first shooting her son at the range.
In only one case was it confirmed that the gun was not rented at the gun range. In 21 cases, it was confirmed to have been rented, and in the other 12 cases, there was no information available.
In five instances, the victim came into the gun range with family or friends. In 19 cases, the victim was alone.
In the 16 cases in which the race could be confirmed, the victim was white.
The number of gun range suicides tallied by The News-Press is likely an under-count. The industry is largely self-regulated, and no one keeps such statistics... For suicides in general, 47,173 people died nationwide in 2017, including 3,227 in Florida, according to the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over half (50.6%) of those suicides involved a firearm. Suicides account for roughly two-thirds of the nation’s gun deaths. "

Woah - Thanks for the insight mate! That was an interesting read. Interesting too that 2/3 gun deaths are a suicide!

[big raymie]

Should the range master have handled the gun though
I see the point putting the other guns into safety