Nearly eight decades of life brought to a violent end by a handgun. A handgun to the head. And a handgun to the head by a woman. Doesn't seem right, does it?

Statistically, it does. Death by suicide in Americans aged 65+ occurs roughly every 90 minutes. Death by suicide in Americans aged 65+ accounts for 19% of suicides across all age groups.[1] Older Americans are also less likely to "fail" in death by suicide. Some of this can be accounted for by the preferred method of choice-firearms-used in...