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comment by ecib
ecib  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In close vote, Utah House OKs firing-squad proposal

This isn't something I ever see brought up during discussions surrounding this, but I think there's something to be said for not executing people in the same manner as the many gun murders that happen every year in our country. Also, you're increasing the number of people directly performing an execution on another person by having a team of rifle-folk. Is that inconsequential? I'm not sure.

At any rate, I don't think modern rifles would be slower or more painful. This isn't the 1800's. We're far past the point where these weapons aren't perfectly accurate. Certainly not many at once.