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Old 12-06-2012, 08:06 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger View Post
It's probably more of a thought for the person who'd have to pull the trigger. It's all well and good to say "Well, I'd shoot him in the head!" but it's not actually an easy thing to do. Especially repeatedly. And it's messy.

It takes a...special...sort of person to be able to shoot someone else in the head with the intention to kill, right or wrong.
In a firing squad, they have 5 shooters and only 4 live rounds, so none of the shooters know if they fired the kill shot, if they even fired a shot at all. Also, they cover the head and aim for the chest.

It's still not something that I could do, but it's not quite as bad as having someone put a bullet through the guy's head.

Of course, I think execution by firing squad has been banned everywhere in the U.S. except for a few lucky inmates in Utah who have been grandfathered in under the old law.

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