Stumbled across this 1961 article in Guns that Askins wrote about his father. It gives some insight into his obtuse persona.

"My Old Man and I lived a great deal
alone. He did the cooking, and I kept house.
He was a good shot but a rotten poor cook.
He never criticized anything. Neither did
he offer a lot of fatherly advice. I recollect
one time I pistol-whipped an old enemy and
the sheriff carted me off and heaved me into
the county pokey. My Old. Man rounded up
the necessary bondsmen and came over to
the county seat and bailed me out. On the
way back, the bondsmen would have taken
me apart. My Old Man cut them off at the
hip pockets with the remark, "Next time,
belt him with a longer barreled gun. You
can swing it harder." If my Old Man liked
you, he was for you, right or wrong."

Would love to see Dr. Phil deal with those two!!

Here's the link to the issue, the article starts on page 14:

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1961issues/G0461.pdf

Last edited by gmoats; 04/14/11.
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