Killing Methods Quotes

Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.

Is it really more barbaric to be killed by chemicals than by “legitimate” weapons?

The combat man isn't the same clean-cut lad because you don't fight a kraut by Marquis of Queensberry rules. You shoot him in the back, you blow him apart with mines, you kill or maim him the quickest and most effective way you can with the least danger to yourself. He does the same to you.

Why does the new crime bill have so many new ways of killing people?

I cannot grasp the difference between killing people with drones or rifles and knives. The objective in war is to kill the enemy before he kills you. I can't fathom the almost religious zeal with which the use of drones is being opposed.

I can kill a dog in six ways. Five of them are throwing missiles at it.

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death

I don't want to talk about methods of killing. But what is the difference between a bomb worn on the body and one dropped from an airplane? Both of them kill people.

Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a loud and satisfying noise in a moment of passion and requires no agility and very little strength. How many murders wouldn't happen, if they all had to use hammers and knives?