Originally Posted by WheelchairBandit


While in Viet Nam on a hunting trip, he killed people who were a nuisance to him. Just folks wandering by. There are several stories of him firing on fellow peace officers and completely innocent civilians. Skeeter Skelton told the story of Askins nearly blowing the head off a sleeping American who just happened to be lost in the desert. He shot and missed the guy.......and was embarrassed he missed.
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Brian.


Just to try to maintain fairness: the man Col. Askins wrote of killing in Vietnam was an enemy soldier. The fellow peace officers he fired on had not identified themselves as such and appeared to be an armed threat to Askins. The sleeping American Askins fired on in the desert was thought to be a smuggler and appeared to have a carbine in his hands. Askins undoubtedly murdered some people; but the events listed above should not be presented out of context.