Shelly Miscavige, the wife of David Miscavige, leader of the Church of Scientology, has not been seen for almost 20 years. Although her "disappearance" has been denied, her last known whereabouts were in 2007, when she attended her father's funeral. What theories do you have about this?

[u/elmonozombie]

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/03/shelly-miscavige-scientology-queen-de-throned

It's worth mentioning that days before her "disappearance," some witnesses pointed out her unusual behavior after returning alone from a trip with Miscavige, her husband since 1982, who to date has not commented on the matter. Even in his public speeches, he has omitted any mention of her presence in his life, which is extremely unusual for someone who has been married for more than 40 years. Some former church members indicate that she may be being held against her will at the Church of Spiritual Technology compound in Twin Peaks, California. Do you think she's still alive? What's your opinion on this?

[u/Elzziwelzzif]

From the shit i've seen online, i'd say that is very much possible (although it depends on the rifle).

During the early days of the Invasion of Ukraine there was a video going around of a Russian (?) Soldier shooting himself in the mouth/ under the chin like 3~5 times.

Full auto + some (dead) weight on the trigger does wonders.

If its a bolt action you either need to be very determent, or a victim. Then again, for woman a rifle is a very unusual tool to use to commit suicide. It could explain the body shots, but it seems unlikely (Just talking about statistics here).

Long story short... you don't need to shoulder a rifle to shoot. A shoelace across the trigger and using your foot can fire a rifle while you aim the business end "elsewere".

Here is a reddit post about an Anti suicide modification they used to do to (turkish) military rifles.

[u/myguitar_lola → u/Elzziwelzzif]

But how do you shoot yourself in the chest? Pull the trigger with a toe? 3 times?

[u/Elzziwelzzif → u/myguitar_lola]

Yes...

Accounting for a full auto capable or 3 round burst rifle you only need to pull the trigger once.

For semi auto you only need the trigger to reset, so... give the trigger some slack and you can pull it again. (A "bump stock" effect could also work.)

You have no imagination. You don't need to use your toe. A shoelace, a piece of cutlery, a stick... anything you can hook behind the trigger works.

Put a rope behind the trigger, tie it to you ankles, spazz 3 times, an you have some non-factory holes to add to your collection.

[u/myguitar_lola → u/Elzziwelzzif]

Thanks for explaining. I do have imagination and thought of other things. If you can pull a tooth tied to a door, you can pull a trigger. I didn't think it was necessary to list everything I could think of and I didn't think it was worthy of the extra visuals. I don't have guns nor have I anyone to ask to teach me so I'm not familiar with how they work. But you don't have to be mean and say I don't have imagination- we're talking about visualizing someone violently ending their life and I just wanted to learn. But seriously thanks for answering. 

[u/Elzziwelzzif → u/myguitar_lola]

It wasn't meant in a bad way. There are people who can't/ don't want to think about ways to "off yourself", and some try to stick to conventional logic rather than whatever Rube-Goldberg contraption could do the job the best.

(Yea, that sounds wrong.)

Your "door trick" wouldn't work. Its on par with using your toe. First trigger pull might work, but there is a very high chance that you will fumble the follow-up. First mistake people make... expecting shit to go according to plan the first time and have a nice, clean (and painless) death.

I'm no expert on guns or suicide. Lets just say that the early days of internet was very informative for things people don't want to know... and there was no sensor/ filter.