Red States reintroduce firing squads!

Originally posted by Newjak
Well this topic went about the way I thought it would.

"The death penalty should go away as it's a level of power that should not be granted to the government to enact on its own citizens. Especially when the system in place for determining who it kills is far from infallible."

"But bad people did bad thing deserve to die!!! JUSTICE!!!"

Seriously though this is just stupid. People tend to forget there is a reason the firing squad fell out of favor time as a method of execution.

It's rough on the mental state of the executioners. If they miss they have to reload and shoot again. If they hit the wrong part of the body the person could take hours to die. Also imagine being on the short end of the straw of the person that has to walk over and shoot them in the head to ease any suffering.

People act like these same problems won't resurface.

The best solution is simply to lock them away for life.

Originally posted by Newjak
Well this topic went about the way I thought it would.

"The death penalty should go away as it's a level of power that should not be granted to the government to enact on its own citizens. Especially when the system in place for determining who it kills is far from infallible."

"But bad people did bad thing deserve to die!!! JUSTICE!!!"

Seriously though this is just stupid. People tend to forget there is a reason the firing squad fell out of favor time as a method of execution.

It's rough on the mental state of the executioners. If they miss they have to reload and shoot again. If they hit the wrong part of the body the person could take hours to die. Also imagine being on the short end of the straw of the person that has to walk over and shoot them in the head to ease any suffering.

People act like these same problems won't resurface.

The best solution is simply to lock them away for life.

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
You can certainly make the case that it could be rough on the mental state of the executioners, but your other points don't really make sense. You do not need to reload when you have 30 bullets in the mag, nor will the person take hours to die when a squad of, say, 5 people empty their M16s into the poor bastard. Unlike virtually all other methods of execution, the firing squad offers a very quick and humane death.

But on the subject of firing squads, I think it would be necessary under extreme circumstances like a world war, for example, but strictly for the military.

I would suggest Persian "boating" or the Greek brass bull.

Honestly, I was just reminiscing the Blackadder Goes Forth episode where he shot Speckled Jim.

"Ready aim fire!"

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
You can certainly make the case that it could be rough on the mental state of the executioners, but your other points don't really make sense. You do not need to reload when you have 30 bullets in the mag, nor will the person take hours to die when a squad of, say, 5 people empty their M16s into the poor bastard. Unlike virtually all other methods of execution, the firing squad offers a very quick and humane death.

As for gun shots taking hours to die from. That is a thing that happens from gunshot wounds.

Originally posted by Newjak
Well it depends on how you have the firing squad set up. Most often some of are set up with blanks. It's supposed to give some doubt to the executioners. Also they generally don't just unload full clips into people. They take a single shot each once the order is given. So maybe not reloading but having to retake aim.

As for gun shots taking hours to die from. That is a thing that happens from gunshot wounds.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
👆 I was going to mention the use of blanks but never got round to it.

Originally posted by Newjak
I think they did a study on it and that even when blanks were introduced to firing squads it didn't actually diminish the mental strain from being an executioner.

Originally posted by Newjak
I think they did a study on it and that even when blanks were introduced to firing squads it didn't actually diminish the mental strain from being an executioner.