# Gun based suicide Temple vs Mouth

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-based-suicide-temple-vs-mouth/631605 "2012-08-15T20:57:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-based-suicide-temple-vs-mouth/631605/79 "2013-10-22T03:00:20Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> That’s nothing. I’ve mentioned before I once read an article about a man who committed suicide with a power drill. He had to use it six times to successfully kill himself.
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> Now that’s willpower. I figure most people would have drilled two or three holes in their head, maybe four tops, and decided it wasn’t working and switched to another power tool.

I’m an EMT, I’ve seen a number of gun-based suicides; they ain’t pretty. However, the single most horrific thing I ever saw was a power tool based one. It was about 15 years ago & it’s still occasionally upsetting to me. I. Will. Not. Share. Specifics.

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