Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

2017 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

Lawmakers in the Magnolia State on Wednesday advanced a bill that would tap in a firing squad should lethal injection no longer be an option in the future.

The post 2017 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions appeared first on Guns.com.

anti violence condemned inmate courts Crime criminals death by lethal injection death penalty death row death row inmates in mississippi death sentence electrocution executed by firing squad execution executions executions blocking Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals firing squad Firing Squad Bill firing squads can be messy gas chamber Gun Laws Guns HB 638 jim hood lethal injection MDOC mississipi lethal injections Mississippi Attorney Gen mississippi death penalty nitrogen hypoxia Parchman pentobarbital Phil Bryant Politics & 2nd Amendment pro-gun Robert Foster unit 29 US Court of Appeals us death penalty utah utah governor

2016 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

A Senate bill that started as a move to keep executioners' names secret has morphed into one allowing the use of a firing squad and has the Governor's endorsement.

The post 2016 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions appeared first on Guns.com.

anti violence condemned inmate courts Crime criminals death by lethal injection death penalty death row death row inmates in mississippi death sentence electrocution executed by firing squad execution executions executions blocking Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals firing squad Firing Squad Bill firing squads can be messy gas chamber Gun Laws Guns jim hood lethal injection MDOC mississipi lethal injections Mississippi Attorney Gen mississippi death penalty nitrogen hypoxia Parchman pentobarbital Phil Bryant Politics & 2nd Amendment pro-gun Robert Foster SB 2237 unit 29 US Court of Appeals us death penalty utah utah governor