Why is it illegal to kill yourself.  What can they do - send you to the gas chamber?
958722
how is it illegal if ur doin it to urself?\nhmmm
1102100
Can't be done, unless you want to commit suicide.
904641
no - here they call it "assisted suicide" and you go to jail
1007914
Should we be worried about you doing something to yourself, or do you have a health condition that might cause your death?\n\nIf you're considering suicide, PLEASE speak to someone.
850870
Why don't you kill yourself....it's cheaper and you will not need a passport.
823682
The Law exists, and is there. However there are some little minor glitches here.\n1) Why do you have a gun?\n2)Why did you not attempt to walk away and call the Police/\n   (taking the Law in to your own hands...)\n3) you must be able to prove beyond reasonable "doubt" that    you  were in a situation of self defense, and you had no other recourse.\nMost likely you will go to prison, unless you can prove with witnesses.............
1008293
It seems that what bothers you most is the inconsistency of laws.  We have laws that are supposedly in place (like the seatbelt law) to protect ourselves from harming ourselves -- yet we have not legislated all forms of self-harm.  What I find most annoying is the artificiality of saying we pass these laws to "save lives."  I believe the reality is that we pass these laws to save other taxpayers for picking up the cost of a person's health care if they've chosen self harming behavior.  (Examples:  seat belts, motorcycle helmets, recreational drug use.)  If we were just honest, and said these things are illegal because we as a society don't want to have to bear the costs associated with medically caring for those injured as a result of less "safe" behavior, I think most of us would find such laws much less distasteful.
114539
do something for yourself and no one else.  eat something fun, do something that gets your heart racing, do something (legal) that you might get caught doing
893532
Yes, he is keeping you alive. He could have removed his protection from you a long time ago. Don't be paranoid, because "Fear is not of God." Killing yourself is suicide. I believe that if you kill yourself then you may go to hell, because suicide is still murder, and there is no way for you to repent if you're dead.
312168
It is even rude to think of it, let alone do it!\n\nA few strategies here:\n\n1) Discharge your gases first before you put yourself in any public places.\n\n2) Change your diet.  Some foods create gas.\n\n3) If that failed, see a dietician, your doctor or a gastro specialist. Don't leave it and laugh about it.  It could be a medical condition that needs attention.\n\n4) Be civic conscious, use the stairs - good exercise for you perhaps.\n\n5) If you must use the elevator for some reasons, stand near the control buttons.  You should know your urge to de-gas yourself, - press the next floor button to stop the leave before your designated floor.  Leave, de-gas and catch the next stop!\n\nThat is if you really have such a problem, you well truly want to do something about it.\n\nNothing, if you think it is OK and that it is indeed funny.  Remember your idea of a joke may not be others'.\n\nIf you have some class and even self respect, bet you will do something about it.
493303
Darn good question, I have lately become concerned that this whole country is just getting to a point where there is no more self responsibility.  The govt told me to wear a seatbelt, therefore if I still got hurt cuz I was drunk driving, clearly it is the govt's fault.\n\nI am sorry I am not going to be much help, because I don't know where that line should be drawn...\nI think I read someone's answer the other day that said when our freedom infringes on another's - that's when they should definitely step in.  But then some people also need extra help to keep from killing themselves.\n\nI look forward to someone having the right answer.
920798
I checked before.\nNO state in US makes suicide illegal.\nAlmost all states makes it illegal to INDUCE or cause  suicide. Some states make it illegal to AIDE in suicide(this is hotly debated issue)[1]\n\nJust a few sites:\nIf you want you can do this for all 50:\nPennsylvania mentions aiding suicide(18-205)[2]\nNew Jersey mentions aiding suicide(   2C:11-6.)[3]\nConnecticut mentions suicide as a part of definition of murder(e.g " person is guilty of murder when, with intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person or causes a suicide by force, duress or deception")[4]\nTexas(it was mentioned above) ONLY mentions suicide in 22.08. Which is once again -- you guessed it --  AIDING SUICIDE provision.[5]\n\netc etc.\nOnce again: No state makes suicide ITSELF illegal
1110886
yes of course.\n\nMurder is a crime and not permitted by the 10 commandments. If you feel the urge and desperate enough to kill yourself, just bare in mind, life in hell will be worse. At least whilst you are still here, you can get some support and help to get better.\n\nSuicide is murder . Don't do it or you will burn in hell
19320
It is a reminder that life is a gift and can be taken away.  You think you have a right to live? Wrong! Society has fabricated this false sense of security.  The highest court cannot stop a car from hitting you, your heart from stopping or someone breaking into your house and shooting you.\n\nDid you ever go somewhere or do something that was for a short time and wanted to go back or do it again?  Well think of your life that way.  People don't realize what they have until it is gone.  \nI was in a motorcycle accident.  Although I wasn't injured, I have pain from the injuries.  I can't do things like snowboard or even lay down on the floor and hold a baby over my head.\n\nYou don't realize what you have until it is gone.\n\n(although I am not big on birthdays myself)\n\nare you Zerocool from PS?
253600
Actually, you DO always die if you COMMIT suicide.  Otherwise it'd be 'attempted' suicide.  I guess the only crime is ATTEMPTED suicide.  If you actually commit it, I guess being dead is punishment enough, is it not?
780527
Because the sin of suicide will keep you out of heaven.  If you decide to "play God" and take your own life you will find yourself in a literal burning hell for all eternity.  Sort of an "out of the frying pan into the fire" scenario if you will.  No matter how bad things get for you here on earth if you decide to check out on your own terms it will be SO MUCH worse for you on the other side.  Only God gets to decide when we go to heaven.
200153
Well, if you heard them in California (and I have to assume you did), I can help you with one of them.\n\n5150 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is the section that allows law enforcement officers (go figure) to detain persons who are a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or gravely disabled due to a mental defect.  It's often used as the radio code for someone who is acting a little nutty or has attempted suicide.\n\nAnd speaking of suicide, this is the law that allows the police to take a suicidal person into *civil* custody.  This is not a criminal section, and the person being detained is not under criminal arrest, so NO...it is not against the law to try (or succeed) in killing yourself in California.\n\nAs for the 999, I have never heard of it.  A lot of agencies use what are called "900 codes", so it certainly seems reasonable that the other poster has it right...I've just never heard it myself.