# Trump trying to rush approval for firing squads for federal executions **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 28, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626 "2020-11-28T00:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626/23 "2020-11-28T23:23:00Z")
And a previous thread last year on the point **Hari Seldon** raises. Devolved into a train wreck and got closed, but some useful info there. > [@Death Penalty options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-options/837423): > > Recently, I had to have a kitten euthanized. I stayed with him as the vet gave him the injection. He passed away peacefully, with no apparent pain, no spasms. His heart just stopped, and he was gone. Now, I’ve heard that the lethal injections that are administered to criminals on death row can have lots of complications. One of the criticisms is that their death is often painful, sometimes accompanied with spasms. Why isn’t the same chemical that is used to euthanized animals used to execu… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-trying-to-rush-approval-for-firing-squads-for-federal-executions/926626)._