and it does not relate to the fact that many methods chosen are very
             painful. The reality is, pills, drugs, hangings, guns, or most of the many ways,
             involve agony and hurting. Having a firearm in the house also contributes to the
             chance that they will use it. Out of the suicide victims, ages 10 to 24, there are
             64% that use a gun to complete the act. Just having a weapon in the house is
             not the cause of the suicide. The reasons behind the action vary greatly, but
             there are some life changes in an adolescents' life that are very significant to
             them. It needs to be stressed that this emergency may not seem considerable
             to an adult looking at the situation, but is definitely meaningful to the child. It is
             not uncommon for young people to think about mortality, and even to wonder
             what effect their suicide would have on family and friends. These ideas,
             however, are not usually acted upon. The significant events in their life can be
             a crisis with their girlfriend or boyfriend all the way to a very negative remark
             or disposition from a parent or teacher. Anything in-between these, an
             important incident, can also trigger these thoughts or behavior. Students who
             have already had a lot of stress in their lives are going to be at a higher risk,
             also. Stressors include divorce, parent arguments, family difficulty, rejection,
             abuse, (physical and/or sexual), violence, (i.e. rape or incest), feared
             pregnancy, and alcohol or drug misuse. A loss of a meaningful person, whether
             it is through death, divorce, a break up, or suicide, chronic depression or metal
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