But not like this. From the Associated Press:

A Snohomish County Sheriff’s spokeswoman says a 24-year-old woman asked people at a Home Depot parking lot to help her unjam a gun. When deputies arrived, she shot herself in the head.

Full story here. And if you’re feeling suicidal, call the Crisis Hotline at 206-461-3222.

And speaking of suicide, here’s the most interesting thing I’ve read about it in years: Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings writeup of the book Stay: The Social Contagion of Suicide and How to Preempt It.

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