Pdf freezing firefox

I am creating a website for our School PTA. I have added a link on the menu under About PTO called by-laws (PDF) which I originally linked to the bylaws file after testing the link and Firefox freezing I put in the url of http://www.kahrepto.com/Kahre_PTO_Bylaws.pdf. This link still freezes firefox. IT DOES NOT FREEZE when I test it in IE or IE through AOL.
All other PDF from other sites open fine (in a separate file this is how I have acrobat set up)

I have no problem with that PDF file being opened by Acrobat Reader 9.4.0 and then causing Firefox to freeze. See if updating your Reader 9.3.4 version helps matters.

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