Posted on Nov 23, 2014
If they brought back the Firing Squad, would you volunteer?
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So, you joined to kill right? You thought it was going to be the enemy, but the war is winding down. You find out that there is a position as member of the firing squad. You must be an expert rifleman (or woman) and you only kill convicted felons, (murderers, rapists, and pedophiles, acts of espionage and treason) would you, could you do it? If it was a one year tour and convicts were scheduled for the squad at least once per week.(Fridays) Some travel expected, uniform allowance for hardship duty. Would it compromise your morals to kill an American?
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I would not volunteer. Killing someone is not something a person should think lightly about doing.
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
My opening statement was a pun on the idealistic outlook so many new troops have when they raise their right hand and take the oath. You are right Sir, killing a man or woman or child isn't something to be taken lightly. And one year of this would wear on a man.
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LTC Paul Heinlein
The Circumstances of SSG Logiudice question is different than volunteering to serve your country in the Military.
His question is volunteering to knowingly execute a person once a week for a year. Regardless of the crime they committed, executing someone is totally different than killing someone defending your life or someone else or in the process of completing a mission.
His question is volunteering to knowingly execute a person once a week for a year. Regardless of the crime they committed, executing someone is totally different than killing someone defending your life or someone else or in the process of completing a mission.
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PO2 Robert M.
The only reason I would go to do it if the convicted and or confessed to do any of the following:
1) killed a police/peace officer
2) raped/killed a human being ( be it a man, woman or child )
3) raped/killed a disabled or mentally diminished individual
4) traitors or spies
list is not ever closed off, some people's actions should not allow them clemency or a chance to live.
1) killed a police/peace officer
2) raped/killed a human being ( be it a man, woman or child )
3) raped/killed a disabled or mentally diminished individual
4) traitors or spies
list is not ever closed off, some people's actions should not allow them clemency or a chance to live.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
LTC Paul Heinlein - Agree. Pulling the trigger when rounds are coming at you is totally different than looking down the barrel at an unarmed person with a blindfold.
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I didn't join to kill. I would not volunteer for this assignment. To me, there is a huge difference in going to war and killing the enemy and volunteering to kill someone. I don't need the extra mental baggage. When we were in Iraq, I asked my troops if they felt like they could hit a pedestrian, even a child, if I felt like we were being set up for an ambush and the enemy goal was to get us to stop in a kill zone. I had multiple drivers to select from. It was an appropriate question to ask seeing that it was a proven techniques that the enemy had chosen to employ. Decisions like that can really tear a part of your soul from you.
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SFC Mark Merino
My hats off to you on that one brother. That is like 24/7 combat for you people. I wouldn't last a shift.
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SSG Maurice P.
You would last many shifts my brother.........Being locked on a dorm with 96 life sentenced offenders is hard when your the only free person in there and you have to make sure they arent breaking any of the rules...i couldn't do my job had it not been for the Marine Corps............
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
SF SSG Maurice P. I volunteer for a short stint as a 'chaser' in the Corps...I too wouldn't make a good CO...kudos to those that can. My brother worked in a Max Sec Prison in Canon City, CO...he got choked out by an inmate for taking away an extra locker...he lived but was on light duty for 6 months. You have one tough job.
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SSG Maurice P.
SSG LOGIUDICE a marine corps prisoner chaser that brought back a memory...i was 17 when i went thru mcrd san diego in 1969 i was in the chow hall line and somehow i got between an prisoner and his chaser i will never forget the rap on the head by his night stick though hehehehehehe
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This would only be for military though as Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the AC and RC to do anything law enforcement wise unless they are state run like the NG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C.§1385, original at 20Stat.152) signed on June 18, 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using its military personnel to act as domestic law enforcement personnel. It was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of...
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I am a Mormon. They tell me I should not kill, however, I have earned the title "Soldier" and was trained to kill. In my soldier's mind, I say "Where do I sign?" Never mind I have only a marksman badge, but if it gives me a chance to hurt someone for hurting someone else (especially rapists and pedophiles) without having to resort to broom handles in that person's rectum (which I will do), then please hand me a rifle and let me give them headshots I'm known for! Then I would ask Heavenly Father forgiveness for every life I took.
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
Spoken like a soldier...and let's pray God would understand that someone needs to police the crazies of the world.
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TSgt (Join to see)
My apologies for the down vote, I meant to vote up. I am also a Mormon, and I don't feel that I would have a problem performing the job. There are times in the Scriptures when God commanded someone to take a life. I believe that there are times when the taking of a life is justified.
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
Mistakes happen, it would be regrettable to shoot someone and then later find out they were innocent. So a firing squad would probably erase the due process we are all accustomed to.
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Taking a life in protection of my life or someone else's life is one thing. Killing as a result of a court decision is another.
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Absolutely, it would be no different to me than performing any other civic duty. Those who complain about jury duty really have no reason to complain about the justice system. It is our civic duty to ensure that justice is served as a society.
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I really couldn't select any of the options on the poll as it was written. Executing prisoners on a weekly basis would likely have people like PVT Slovik in my sights. That would be a tough one. I wouldn't volunteer, but would do it if asked.
Now with some of the names listed here like the Fort Hood shooter, I would gladly step up and pay for my own ammunition.
Now with some of the names listed here like the Fort Hood shooter, I would gladly step up and pay for my own ammunition.
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
It is amazing how many different ways we could save the military money...isn't it?
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
Glad to know, if I get put in charge of the detail, you'll be the first person I notify. Ranger Up SPC (Join to see)
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I for one never enlisted for the direct purpose of killing people. The stereotype that all soldiers are just bloodthirsty psychopathic killers is a stigma that we don't need to attempt to reinforce.
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SSG(P) (Join to see)
The opening statement was a pun on the idealism many 18 year olds find appealing about joining the infantry, it was in no way reinforcing any stigma...and I have never in my 18 years been labeled blood thirsty, it was included as an opening statement to my question. In no way deserving of a down vote.
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