My brother also committed suicide. He was 17. shot himself in the temple. Now, I'm no NRA member, in fact, I'm proud to say that I've never fired a gun. I would like 99% of them gone. However, taking guns away from people didn't stop the suicides who gassed themselves, slit their wrists, hung themselves, etc. Nor was murder invented with the first bullet. In short, blaming guns for Columbine or suicides ar anything else is tantamount to killing the messenger. Thor > >Whether or not this relates to Columbine, I truly don't know. I would just like to >share this news in hopes of spurring stronger feelings for gun control, especially >with children: When I arrived at school today, I came to find out that one of my >friends' brother shot himself yesterday afternoon - twice in the temple - he was 13 >years old. I, at first, thought it must have been an accident, but once I talked to >more of my friends, they told me that it looked as if it could not have been anything >but purposefully done. His sister had come into the room and found him lying on the >floor, barely conscious. >Please, help to prevent this happening again. My friend's brother may have been just >one suicide case in many this year, but that doesn't make it any more right that he >had access to the gun. >-Sarah > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com