kissing lead
A euphemism for suicide by gun.
It was common for bullets to be made from lead in the old days, as well as inserting the gun barrel into the mouth to fire as a common suicide method, hence kissing lead.
It was common for bullets to be made from lead in the old days, as well as inserting the gun barrel into the mouth to fire as a common suicide method, hence kissing lead.
Such a shame that a young man with his whole life ahead of him ended it in a dingy gas station by kissing lead.