Court martial for retired Green Beret
Via Blackfive comes this disturbing story of the court martial of retired Green Beret Smokey Taylor, 80.
Retired Army Green Beret Smokey Taylor got his court martial this weekend and came away feeling good about it.
Taylor, at age 80 the oldest member of Chapter XXXIII of the Special Forces Association, was on trial by his peers under the charge of “failing to use a weapon of sufficient caliber” in the shooting of an intruder at his home in Knoxville, TN, in December.
The entire affair, of course, was very much tongue in cheek. Taylor had been awakened in the early morning hours of Dec. 17, 2007, when an intruder broke into his home. He investigated the noises with one of his many weapons in hand.
When the intruder threatened him with a knife, Taylor warned him, then brought his .22 caliber pistol to bear and shot him right between the eyes.
“That boy had the hardest head I’ve ever seen,” Taylor said after his trial. “The bullet bounced right off.” The impact knocked the would-be thief down momentarily. He crawled out of the room then got up and ran out the door and down the street. Knoxville police apprehended him a few blocks away and he now awaits trial in the Knox County jail.
The charges against Taylor were considered to be serious. He is a retired Special Forces Weapons Sergeant with extensive combat experience during the wars in Korea and Vietnam.
“Charges were brought against him under the premise that he should have saved the county and taxpayers the expense of a trial,” said Chapter XXXIII President Bill Long of Asheville. “He could have used a .45 or .38. The .22 just wasn’t big enough to get the job done.”
Read the whole thing and remember, a .22 may not be enough, but a .45 is probably too much, consider a .38.
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Read the whole thing and remember, a .22 may not be enough, but a .45 is probably too much, consider a .38.
I hate to say I know someone who knows someone who knew someone, but that third someone is dead because a .38 wasn't good enough to take down a violent criminal who was high on PCP. Apparently the druggie attacked a police officer, took a .38 shot to the nugget, survived, and killed the police officer.
From what I've been told, the 1911 .45 was invented because the smaller calibers weren't working during the Philippine insurgency.
[PCP users are a whole different category of criminal. For PCP users, I recommend the Israeli .50 caliber Desert Eagle. Or, if you can find one, a TOW missile. -ed.]