Method of suicide 1. By firearm According to Brian, M. and Sorenson, S.B. (2012), there are about 17 million of elderly people above 65 years old own a firearm. This contributes to that firearm is most popular method used by the elderly people in the states. This method seems to be very common and effective because the person only has to aim at the important part of the body such as the head, the chest or into the mouth at point-blank range. The life ends when the trigger is pulled. However, when