I think there's always been a drive to make executions look less "barbaric" by using the most technologically advanced methods. Right now that's lethal injectio

I think there's always been a drive to make executions look less "barbaric" by using the most technologically advanced methods. Right now that's lethal injection (you'll note it's not just a syringe of poison, but a fancy machine with lots of flashing lights that administers the poison). Before that it was the electric chair, which seemed very high-tech at the time but was probably much crueler than most of the older methods. So a firing squad seems like a step back to a more barbaric age. Personally I think I'd prefer death by firing squad to death by lethal injection. Staring down the barrels of a bunch of rifles sounds better to me than being poisoned in my sleep.