South Carolina is reinstating both the firing squad and the electric chair for the most violent of criminals:

The new bill allows such methods to be used as a way of addressing the shortage of lethal injection drugs that has stalled state executions for a decade.

Felons will have up until 14 days before their execution date to choose between the chair and a firing squad if such drugs are not available.

"The S. 200 bill, passed by the state senate in early March, was approved Wednesday by a House vote of 66-43, according to the Associated Press. The legislation now heads to Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's desk for a signature."

McMaster says he plans to sign the bill as soon as it reaches his desk:

If criminals want to destroy and murder innocent people in the most heinous ways imaginable, they might want to think twice about doing it in South Carolina.

Said criminals will probably have better chances in more... "progressive" states: