We all know that even the most effective CTB methods sometimes fail. I'm interested in CTB methods that provide a back-up in the event that the primary method fails. Here's my idea:
- Firearms are the most effective, and shotguns are the most effective of all firearms. Therefore, this would be the primary method I would use.
- With firearms, the key is to be somewhere that is rural and remote. If someone is around and you get rushed to a Level 1 trauma center, there's a pretty decent chance that you survive. You want a combination of both factors: 1) somewhere remote enough that there probably won't be people around, and 2) also far enough from a trauma center that even if someone happens by, they can't get you to a major hospital in time for it to make a difference.
- If someone follows the steps above, they're already extremely likely to have a successful CTB. We can debate whether it's above 95%, 99%, etc., but the odds are already stacked in their favor.
- But to ensure an even greater chance of success, my proposed method involves drowning as a backup. I would find a body of water in a rural area and lean over it while using the shotgun. It doesn't seem like it would be hard to use my body position and the directional pressure of the shotgun to ensure I fall into the water. Even if something went wrong with the shotgun (i.e., I didn't hit the brain stem), I would drown following the gun shot.
