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Gunshot, not Lethal Injections, Is Most Humane
Canada Free Press ^ | 05/03/17 | Michael Fumento

Posted on 05/03/2017 8:46:40 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Capital punishment in the US needs to be debated on its own merits and may eventually go the way of Canada. Until then, a humane society needs to choose the most humane method of employing it

Lethal injection executions, back in the news, just aren’t working. For a variety of reasons. While they are bloodless (so is strangulation, starvation, and being broken on the wheel), it appears they often are not painless. They most certainly are not quick, sometimes taking hours. They arguably violate the Hippocratic Oath in having a doctor perform them, yet you hardly want an amateur to perform them. And drug companies don’t want their products associated with causing death. Go figure!


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: capitalpunishment; excerpt; execution; gunshot; lethalinjections
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To: Buttons12

Dear Huttons,

re: “Who really knows if even the guillotine is painless?”

Beyond ‘painless’, the head is still alive until the brain suffers oxygen starvation. So, it is not that quick.

As the title suggests, find that historical picture of a South Vietnamese general putting a bullet through the head of a captured VietCong, or the video, if you can.


61 posted on 05/03/2017 3:07:31 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Cboldt

My cat was put down with a sedative, followed by a lethal dose of fentanyl. So quick and painless his eyes were still open.


62 posted on 05/03/2017 4:12:14 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Clutch Martin
Yup, lead poisoning. 😁
63 posted on 05/03/2017 4:22:04 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: NorthMountain

Idiot.


64 posted on 05/03/2017 5:56:28 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Terry L Smith
find that historical picture of a South Vietnamese general putting a bullet through the head of a captured VietCong, or the video, if you can

No thanks Jerry. Not my cup o' tea.

65 posted on 05/03/2017 6:14:48 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: DesertRhino
“They arguably violate the Hippocratic Oath in having a doctor perform them” The Hippocratic oath is something they do at medical school. It isn’t a law.

And yet it doesn't apply to "doctor's" who perform abortions.

66 posted on 05/03/2017 8:09:59 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Cboldt; Sean_Anthony
"I'm not arguing against firing squad either, except likely the shot could be placed other than on the heart. "

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Based on experience in putting large, terminally injured animals out of their misery, a 9mm Glaser (pre-fragmented) slug administered via the foramen magnum is instantaneous, and, apparently more humane than any other method.

(The foramen magnum is the opening in the skull where the vertebral column attaches.)

The pre-fragmented 9mm slug (actually a thin copper capsule filled with #12 shot, and capped with an epoxy plug) destroys the medulla oblongata -- immediately disconnecting the autonomic nervous system (instantly stopping heartbeat, respiration and bodily sensation). And the slug, disintegrating inside the braincase, apparently disrupts all conscious brain activity instantly.

Usually, the only physical reaction is a slight jolt of the head due to bullet impact. And, as a bonus, the face and eyes are seldom visibly disfigured.

Probably, a .32 or even .25 Glaser might be as effective. However, on that, I have no experiential observation to offer.

67 posted on 05/03/2017 11:45:34 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: Terry L Smith
As the title suggests, find that historical picture of a South Vietnamese general putting a bullet through the head of a captured VietCong, or the video, if you can.

IIRC, the shooter retired in the US and owned a pizza joint in the DC suburbs.

Something to think about the next time you order hamburger pizza. All those grey chunks ... Best avoid pizza places in DC.

68 posted on 05/04/2017 12:00:44 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: NorthMountain
100% pure dry nitrogen, inhaled, is absolutely lethal. It’s also dirt cheap and non-toxic.

Yep. NASA has long ago done the research.

69 posted on 05/04/2017 12:09:09 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Those of us who work with nitrogen (both liquid and compressed) have not forgotten.


70 posted on 05/04/2017 3:58:56 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: cynwoody

Dear cynwoody,

That picture is a standard picture in many ‘snubby’ picture folders. He used an S&W ‘x49 series Bodyguard’.

FWIW, Nguyen Cao Ki owned a block-long, block-wide liquor store in Bellflower, CA.


71 posted on 05/04/2017 4:59:47 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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