In an execution by gunshot, it is more painful to be shot in the head or in the heart? Which shot is most commonly used?
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In an execution by gunshot, it is more painful to be shot in the head or in the heart? Which shot is most commonly used?
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A shot to the head is instant unconsciousness.
Not instant death, but one fraction of a second you are aware of sensations and what’s going on around you, the next fraction of a second you’re not.
You can live and be conscious for about 20 seconds after being shot through the heart, maybe much longer (couple of minutes) if it keeps on beating but pumping blood mostly out into the chest instead of through veins.
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It depends. Do you mean by executing by gangsters or other criminals or by state-sanctioned firing squad?
“Execution style” generally means a shot to the back of the head while the victim is on his or her knees. But that’s “gangster style” execution. Death by firing squad when imposed as the death penalty is generally always with the convicted person facing multiple shooters while blindfolded and the shots go directly to the heart, not the head.
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With a chest shot, it’s risky because there is always a chance the heart will not be hit or totally destroyed. If the heart was totally destroyed the blood would begin to pool in the chest cavity. The individual would most likely experience extreme pain, as well as the sensation of blacking out, at which point they would die. If the chest shot was not perfect, the person could experience pain and suffering for several minutes before loosing consciousness and dying.
With a close range head shot with a significant size calibre round ( 9mm, 45 or a rifle) would most likely cause total disruption of the brain from both the wound channel and hydrostatic pressures. Ideally shot to the back of the head would have the least sensation for the person, in part because of the area it hits first and in part because the person wouldn’t face their executioner.
In conclusion, back of the head is the least painful, chest shot is the most painful.
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The easiest way to die without ever knowing that you are dead is to be shot on the back of the head, because it’s instantaneous. If the bullet wound is on any vital organs as in most cases heart, lungs, liver it varies on each case. In case of heart since heart stops pumping blood brain will stop functioning due to lack of oxygen and you will know you are dying.
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Pierrepoint the hangman was asked by a condemned man “Will this hurt?”. Pierrepoint replied “In a moment, you will be in oblivion, no”.
A shot to the head is ambiguous. Judicial execution, Chinese style, is a shot in the brain stem. That is the most instant form of execution.
Heart, if completely disrupted, is instant unconsciousness.
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A gunshot on the side of your head behind the left eye is instant death. A shot to the heart will keep u alive for an extended period of time.
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When condemned prisoners were shot in front of firing squads (that is what you meant, correct?), the squad aimed at the heart. With several people emptying lead into a prisoner’s chest at once, death is likely to be swift; certainly unconsciousness would be swift, from which point, any awareness of anything (pain, suffering, fear, etc.) is probably nil.
How painful is it to be shot in the heart instead of the head, or vice versa? I’d imagine that would be speculative to say, at best. I would guess it’s a safe bet that there are no survivors of such scenarios to provide a firsthand experience of how much suffering was endured (and certainly none of a subject experiencing both bullet wounds to the head and to the heart) to give the living adequate insights into the question.
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A shot to the head can be an almost instantaneous fatality. Any reasonable calibre shot to the ‘T’ region of the head, the section between the eyes and down the bridge of the nose, takes out the most vital parts of the brain. Of course, one may feel an instant of pain, I doubt that is inescapable unless unconscious to begin with, but it would be over so fast you literally wouldn’t have time to blink.
The area in question as demonstrated by this beautiful model whose face would be such a sin to ruin in such a way.
As for the heart, it can be very quick to lose consciousness if done right but not as quick as the former.
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The brain can continue for up to 6 minutes after blood flow stops. With that a shot to the heart can result in pain for some time. Shock would be the only saving grace.
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More painful in the chest. Your brain can have awareness for a few seconds even at zero blood pressure after the bullet destroys your heart.
There are no pain receptors in the brain so any pain would be from either penetrating the skin or stretch receptors in cerebral blood vessels, the meninges or the periosteum.
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But nerve impulses of any kind max out at 120 meters/second or 432 kph. Some pain fibers are slower than that
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A .22 long rifle may have a muzzle velocity of higher than 370 m/s. Even a heavy .45 is 250 m/s minimum. A bullet can outrace any nerve impulse, destroying the brain capable of turning the impulse into pain before the impulse ever arrives.
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Okay boys fuck what is the easiest way to kill myself. Such a discussion of legit topic.theres only one reason I looked this up for. Should it be front or back and at what angle to cause the least suffering. Fuck. You all act like you aren’t here for the same reason. If you aren’t get a fucking life if you haven’t thrown yours away and you legit just answer questions like these you’ve looked before. Go outside. If you haven’t made up your mind go. Out. Side. If you posted here and haven’t done anything yet quit beinga bitch. Anyone have a solid answer? Say a hollow point 9mm round. Front or back? Please answer quickly
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Dunno. I have witnessed but one public execution, that by hanging. That was not pretty. I understand that death by firing squad involves at least 5 shooters with one blank round unbeknownst to any of the shooting detail. Where they aim is unknown to me. Lemme say this; if it is an execution for some horrid court decreed reason, then the degree of pain suffered by the recipient is of marginal concern. Behave yourself and people won’t be lining up to shoot you.
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Assuming that the shot goes where it’s supposed to, my impression is that death from a shot to the head is closer to instantaneous. And I think that’s what most suicides choose.
Some very brave former NFL players, suspecting that they had chronic traumatic encephalopathy and wanting their brains to be intact for study in the interests of finding solutions to that terrible scourge, have committed suicide with shots to the heart.
I’m not advocating suicide by gunshot or any other way, but that’s the answer to your question so far as I know.
Oops, just reread your question and see that it’s about execution by firing squad. My impression is that in most such cases they aim for the heart.
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Depends, in the US a firing squad was trained to fire at the center of mass bit around the world techniques vary. The Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo was taken into a room and shot in the head. You’d have to do research to find which method was used more. As to the more painful method, since the people shot tend to be dead and not very talkative we may never know as so many factors come into play such as where in the head or torso the shot(s) hit.
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