00:01:21.360People convicted of certain extreme offenses can face the state's harshest penalty using a method that does not depend on medical drugs or supplies.
00:01:28.520The legislation passed Idaho's House Bill 37 and 380 authorizes the use of the firing squad as a method of execution in cases where other means are unavailable or legally challenged.
00:01:38.220It represents a shift in how the state approaches capital punishment driven in part by ongoing difficulties that many states have faced in obtaining the drugs required for lethal injection protocols.
00:01:49.040Idaho joins a small number of states that have turned to the firing squad as an alternative and method proponents described as more reliable and less dependent on pharmaceutical supply chains and which critics argue raise its own serious legal and ethical questions the law takes into effect July 1st of 2026.
00:02:34.380Because it's a constitutional concealed carry state, which means if you're in good standing and you're not a felon in anything, then you can carry.
00:02:42.380Which is why Idaho has the lowest ATM muggings in the nation.
00:02:59.760And so now what you're getting, and by the way, Idaho also, Pat, has reciprocity.
00:03:06.000If you have a concealed carry permit issued in another state,
00:03:09.180You can come to Idaho and they will recognize it if you're vacationing or something.
00:03:13.500Or people with RVs often have weapons to protect themselves in the evenings.
00:03:18.580And I think Idaho is showing the nation how they feel about the strenuousness of the law that should be up on this particular crime.
00:03:31.640And the backdrop I'm giving you, if they have been a very—
00:03:35.240Bubba, you don't read about Idaho leading the league in murders.
00:03:37.940You don't read about Idaho leading the league in riots because you've got an armed populace, and it keeps itself in check with the Second Amendment.
00:03:48.740And now they're coming up and saying this is how valuable—I don't say how terrible is the firing squad.
00:03:55.300Idaho is saying this is how viable we feel our precious children are.
00:03:59.740By the way, you know what question I just asked?
00:04:01.620I asked this question because what I want to know is, is it going to be public?