What if everybody misses?
by digby
I love hearing Americans moralize about barbarism among people in other cuntries. Because we are so civilized.For instance, in Wyoming they just voted to bring back the firing squad due to all the unpleasantness surrounding killing people with lethal injection lately. Here’s an example of the superior moral framework we operate under here in the US:
State Rep. Stephen Watt (R) was one of the lawmakers who voted against the firing squad bill last week. He was shot and seriously wounded while serving with the Wyoming Highway Patrol and said his opposition was based on his personal experience.
“We’re all operating under the assumption that this is going to be instantaneous death,” Watt said, according to the AP. “What happens if everybody misses?”
It could be very messy. Of course, it would be very messy anyway with the bullets tearing into the person’s flesh and pieces of their body flying all over the place and all that blood. But hey, here in American we’re used to that. Gunfire is actually pretty common and the carnage it creates is considered to be the price we pay for our freedom to carry deadly weapons anywhere we choose.
Honestly, if the big question about the death penalty by firing squad is “what if everybody misses” I’m pretty sure everybody has already missed the point.,
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