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re: I think we are about 30 minutes out from the S. Carolina firing squad
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
Going to be pretty loud in there. Hope they give him some hearing protection.
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Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:54 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:I'm not fascinated with watching him die, but I am thankful for true justice. He deserves this. It's also good to talk about it because it deters crime.
While understanding the concept of the death penalty, I am not fascinated with watching people die. Sick people behavior
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:54 pm to Clyde Tipton
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Each of the executioners will fire once from their rifles using .308a Winchester TAP Urban bullets. The bullet provides rapid expansion and fragmentation, Shain added.
Doesn't one of the executioners shoot a blank, but they don't know who has it...
I know that's what Utah did with Gary Gilmore.
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In Utah, firing squads consisted of five volunteer law enforcement officers[14][15] from the county in which the conviction of the offender took place. The five executioners were equipped with .30-30-caliber rifles and off-the-shelf Winchester 150-grain (9.7 g) SilverTip ammunition. Gilmore was restrained and hooded, and the shots were fired at a distance of 20 feet (6.1 m), aiming at the chest.
Prison officials stated that the firing squad comprised four men with live rounds, and one with a blank, so that the shooters could not be certain as to who fired the fatal shots.[16] However, upon inspecting the clothes worn by his brother Gary at his execution, Mikal Gilmore noted five holes in the shirt. According to his memoir Shot in the Heart, "the state of Utah, apparently, had taken no chances on the morning that it put my brother to death."[17]
This post was edited on 3/7/25 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:All 3 will have live rounds.
I suspect only one will have a live bullet and none of them will know which one.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I suspect only one will have a live bullet and none of them will know which one.
It says all 3 rounds are live.
Three rounds of .308 to the chest should do the trick.
T minus 5 minutes...
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I suspect only one will have a live bullet and none of them will know which one.
No guilt
I would think it would be the opposite. One of them has a possibility of having a blank. That way in your mind, you could always say you didn't shoot him. If only one guy has a bullet and he flinches or doesn't kill him somehow then you've got a problem.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:59 pm to LCA131
Call me crazy, but I do not think the hood would make me relax.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 4:59 pm to Clyde Tipton
Pay per view this. Money to victim’s family.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:00 pm to OldHickory
Time for kickoff!
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:01 pm to roobedoo
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Call me crazy, but I do not think the hood would make me relax.
Not intended to
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:01 pm to LCA131
quote:They know if they fired the blank.
One of them has a possibility of having a blank. That way in your mind, you could always say you didn't shoot him
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:02 pm to RIPMachoMan
quote:Right. It's so he doesn't know when to duck as they pull the triggers.
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Call me crazy, but I do not think the hood would make me relax.
Not intended to
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:02 pm to RIPMachoMan
So can you decline the hood.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:03 pm to 4Bagger
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Who in there right mind would volunteer for this?
those working in the corrections industry probably aren’t in their right minds
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:04 pm to 777Tiger
I’d volunteer in a heartbeat if they paid a bonus.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:04 pm to Jake88
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They know if they fired the blank.
Exactly. If they're shooting with AR style rifles, the weaker recoil blank cartridge will not eject.
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Astandard AR-15 will not reliably cycle blank rounds without a special attachment called a "blank-firing adapter" because blank cartridges don't generate enough pressure to properly operate the action of the firearm; essentially, the lack of a projectile means there's not enough force to push the slide back and cycle the next round.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:05 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Why are yall obsessed with watching this guy die?
Wait, we can watch it? Link?
This post was edited on 3/7/25 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:06 pm to Clyde Tipton
Did they do it?
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:07 pm to Clyde Tipton
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