Didn’t even know this was still a thing!

[MarvB]

South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair

A South Carolina prisoner scheduled for execution later this month has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair

abcnews.go.com

How do they even recruit for something like this (serious ?)?

 

[Hem]

Random live rounds with blanks...to alleviate any guilt?

 

[MarvB]

I guess…wonder what that “position’s” job description looks like on paper?

Must be able to multitask; proficient use of Microsoft Office; ability to lift 50lbs repetitively; occasional fill-in for firing squad duty; able to stand for 6-8 hours on a shift;…

 

[Nick87]

Sorry fella with ammo prices they'll be no firing squad just one guy with a single shot .22, better hope he's a good shot.

 

[mtmuley]

Random live rounds with blanks...to alleviate any guilt?

If you are taking place in a firing squad, somehow I don't think you would be concerned with guilt. Maybe? mtmuley

 

[Hem]

If you are taking place in a firing squad, somehow I don't think you would be concerned with guilt. Maybe? mtmuley

Probably not...but I heard they do mix live rounds with duds so that no one truly knows.

 

[mtmuley]

Probably not...but I heard they do mix live rounds with duds so that no one truly knows.

Heard that also. mtmuley

 

[SCliving Outdoors]

Welcome to SC.

 

[noharleyyet]

Dirthog'd've already been chewing on ya'll...

 

[FairWeather]

If I had to be executed, that’s how I’d want to go. Quicker and less painful than lethal injection or the chair.

 

[MarvB]

Probably not...but I heard they do mix live rounds with duds so that no one truly knows.

Hammer load data?

 

[MarvB]

You know it’s the off-season when I’m wondering what make, caliber, and load they’re shooting and if they’re going suppressed or not

 

[noharleyyet]

You know it’s the off-season when I’m wondering what make, caliber, and load they’re shooting and if they’re going suppressed or not

I'm wishing the victims had used live ammo.

 

[Dave N]

Would be poetic if the shooters ALL had duds for the first round!

 

[Gellar]

At the risk of offending people, I believe murderers should be put to death in the same way their victims were. Child molesters shouldn’t even see a jail cell.

 

[MarvB]

Wouldn’t hurt my feelings one lick, may also prove a little early incentive!

 

[DouglasR]

Guy with the live round makes a bad shot so they decide to back out and give him some time and he gets away.

 

[Hydrophilic]

Random live rounds with blanks...to alleviate any guilt?

Yes

 

[Rob96]

When was the last firing squad?

 

[MarvB]

Per the net:

Ronnie Lee Gardner (January 16, 1961 – June 18, 2010) received the death penalty for killing a man during an attempted escape from a courthouse in 1985, and was executed by a firing squad by the state of Utah in 2010.

Gardner's case spent nearly 25 years in the court system, prompting the Utah House of Representatives to introduce legislation to limit the number of appeals in capital cases