# Firing squads **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firing-squads/679171 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [January 18, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firing-squads/679171 "2014-01-18T23:13:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare) #### Post date: [January 19, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firing-squads/679171/5 "2014-01-19T02:56:56Z")
I’m pro death penalty for treason, spying, terrorism and related crimes , and anti death penalty (mostly on scriptural grounds) for ‘common’ crimes like murder. I do think that shooting or guillotine are probably the best methods. I’m creeped out by the fact that lethal injection seeks to disguise the execution as a medical procedure. Death by shooting, if it’s done like the Soviets used to (single shot in the head) can be quick and presumably relatively painless. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firing-squads/679171)._