{"id":2794,"date":"2012-12-05T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/12\/05\/is-it-time-to-bring-back-guillotine\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:20:11","slug":"is-it-time-to-bring-back-guillotine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2794","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time To Bring Back The Guillotine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14460,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/video&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/video&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14764,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/Politics\\\/OTUS&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130418062902\\\/http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com:80\\\/Politics\\\/OTUS&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 06:20:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 06:20:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14462,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/entertainment&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260209000830\\\/https:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/Entertainment&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 03:50:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 03:50:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14765,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/blogs\\\/politics\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/anna-wintour-reportedly-on-obama-short-list-for-us-ambassador&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/blogs\\\/politics\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/anna-wintour-reportedly-on-obama-short-list-for-us-ambassador&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nI know it is 2012 but sometimes you hear stuff on the news that makes you think you are in 1789 France with King Louis XVI, his queen Marie Antoinette, and the rest of the Royal Court at Versailles.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" id=\"kaltura_player_1354669819\" src=\"http:\/\/cdnapi.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/1_gc9qgoic\/uiconf_id\/3775332\/st_cache\/50067?referer=http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/video\/anna-wintour-considered-us-ambassador-position-17875956&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;addThis.playerSize=392x221&amp;freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&amp;closedCaptionActive=true&amp;addThis.playerSize=640x360&amp;closedCaptionsOverPlayer.fontsize=18\" style=\"border: 0px solid #ffffff;\" width=\"640\">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: x-small; 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