Charles Askins, Jr,

[feralmerril]

Regardless whether a man "likes" to kill or not when its his job I dont measure a man by his ability to pull a trigger. There is plenty girls and kids capable of that. When he is just a plain "bully"?? and will dare to make pass`s at another`s wife right in front of him (likely just to get off on seeing him squirm) he`s not my measure of a " hero".

 

[Double-O-Dave]

After reading through this thread, and currently working on Unrepentant Sinner, I am left with a question. In current times, if a paratrooper or Marine kills a Taliban or AQI, is he a hero or a zero?

Nawilson:

What is an "AQI"? In my world, "AQI" = Air Quality Index.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[BigBill]

Adkins sounds like a tough guy maybe like Patton born in the wrong century or is it reincarnated over and over. Like he was out of the old west. When in doubt take them out attitude.

Let's not forget war is he'll. From the birth of our country if it wasn't for tough men our country wouldn't of made it this far. Where not perfect, where still young and learning.

 

[keith44spl]

I met him once at the NRA Convention in Philadelphia. I happened to sit right behind him as we waited for the membership meeting to start.

I said "Colonel Askins sir, I'd like to introduce myself and my wife". He turned around, said "Hello" to my wife, and then spent the next several minutes patting her knee while trying to convince her to join him in Mexico for a quail hunt.

I didn't care for him at all after that, and my wife didn't either.

Regardless whether a man "likes" to kill or not when its his job I dont measure a man by his ability to pull a trigger. There is plenty girls and kids capable of that. When he is just a plain "bully"?? and will dare to make pass`s at another`s wife right in front of him (likely just to get off on seeing him squirm) he`s not my measure of a " hero".

Feral,

That's one of the reasons I'm careful of whom I introduce my wife to....






*On a lighter note,
I don't know how many the Colonel killed,
I only find it dis-tasteful for him to boost about it.


Reportedly, Frank Hamer Jr. asked of his father, (Captain Hamer) who was on his death bed at the time,

"Dad, did it ever bother you that you used your gun so much?"

The elder Hamer proclaimed to his son and brother,

"Boys, I've killed fifty-two men and one woman.
And I killed 'em all, all right [legally] and I go to sleep every night knowing I did right."

A short time later Hamer died.


And so it was in the days of yesteryear...It took hard men to do hard jobs.


Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[feralmerril]

Years ago I was able to order the book, "I am Frank Hamer" That is a great read if you can find one. He felt bad about a incident. A mob was wanting someone he arrested and since it looked like they might actually break in he put the miscreant in a big floor safe but after the action they couldnt find the combo or key and the guy suffocated!
In the movie Bonnie & Clyde they had a scene where they got the drop on Hamer and made sport of him. Never happened! Hamer said he never seen them until the morning they shot them.

 

[Mule Packer]

I don't know how many the Colonel killed,
I only find it dis-tasteful for him to boost about it.

I agree. Many years ago, someone once told me, "Never ask a man if he's ever killed someone. Never ask a man if he's ever 'fooled around' with a particular woman, and never, ever brag about doing either."

I've always thought that was some pretty good advice.

 

[keith44spl]

I agree. Many years ago, someone once told me,

"Never ask a man if he's ever killed someone.

Never ask a man if he's ever 'fooled around' with a particular woman, and never, ever brag about doing either."

I've always thought that was pretty good advice.

Chip,

I've had folks ask me 'bout a difficulty er two in my day...

I always shrugg'd it off and gave some flippant answer.

When I started instructing concealed carry class and the discussion of the use or mis-use of deadly force,
someone would always ask how many I had shot....I would always and as politely as I could,
stating that subject was outside the prescribed curriculum of the course.

Seeing that sometimes folks found that answer to be somewhat evasive...

Now when ask'd like questions,

I just reply (as casually as tellin someone the time of day)

Oh, half a dozen er so...Not counting family members.


Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[FPrice]

Years ago I was able to order the book, "I am Frank Hamer" That is a great read if you can find one. He felt bad about a incident. A mob was wanting someone he arrested and since it looked like they might actually break in he put the miscreant in a big floor safe but after the action they couldnt find the combo or key and the guy suffocated!

Sounds like the episode which Brownson Malsch described in his book, ""Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, Texas Ranger". Found this book in a pile of books that my local FFL put out for free, passed down from his father who was the guy who founded the store. Fascinating if occasionally dry read about Gonzaullas' career in the Rangers.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Skeeter Skelton wrote that Charley was someone who really didn't care what others thought of him, and Massad Ayoob noted that Charley's willingness to kill may have led to some questionable shootings but kept him alive.

 

[nawilson]

Nawilson:

What is an "AQI"? In my world, "AQI" = Air Quality Index.

Thanks,

Dave

Good catch... and to think I've been on an anti-jargon tear for a few months at work.

AQI is Al Qaeda in Iraq.