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24. One gun suicide begets another gun suicide.

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 12:46 PM

Feb 2013

I don't know why E! said the cause of her boyfriend's death was unknown. HuffPo reports it was another gun suicide.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/17/mindy-mccready-dead-at-37_n_2708409.html

Having a gun in the house makes depression much more fatal...because it makes suicide five times more likely.

http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/more-guns-more-suicides/

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Mindy McCready, Country Singer, Dead at 37 [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 OP

she got severely beaten DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #1

Suicide, according to the reports. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #2

Shot herself Beaverhausen Feb 2013 #3

Unusual for a female. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #4

Shows how serious she was in following through. nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #7

That doesn't mean that its unrelated Sgent Feb 2013 #29

That was a different guy Travelman Feb 2013 #25

R.I.P. jsr Feb 2013 #5

Oh my.......how sad Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2013 #6

I've been there. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2013 #9

hug Evergreen Emerald Feb 2013 #22

I remember her. My husband had a brief crush on her back in the 90's when TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #10

That is so sad that she shot her dog. glinda Feb 2013 #12

Sad and shitty. bitchkitty Feb 2013 #14

She didn't want to leave the dog lonely without her is my guess. SunSeeker Feb 2013 #23

Considering what can happen to animals left behind... aquart Feb 2013 #27

Ridiculous reason. bitchkitty Feb 2013 #30

Well, thanks for that in-depth analysis. aquart Feb 2013 #31

I agree. She could have re-homed it. Selfish that she killed it. glinda Feb 2013 #28

Sad news, sad story - all the way around. R.I.P., Ms. McCready. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #13

I don't know much about her, but it's a terrible way to go davidpdx Feb 2013 #15

She was on Celebrity Rehab a few years back. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #16

Celebrity Rehab davidpdx Feb 2013 #17

It was on VH1, with Drew Pinsky. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #18

It's not on anymore .... Myrina Feb 2013 #21

Her story was just featured on Celebrity Ghost Stories XanaDUer Feb 2013 #19

What a shame. The poor woman. Rest in peace. nt Javaman Feb 2013 #20

One gun suicide begets another gun suicide. SunSeeker Feb 2013 #24

Officially, his death is still under investigation Travelman Feb 2013 #26