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fury2neon
02-03-2008, 06:08 PM
http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html

COURT MARSHALLED FOR SHOOTING INTRUDER An 80-year-old man, retired from the Special Forces, was on a trial of his peers for "failing to use a weapon of sufficient caliber" (http://bluestarchronicles.com/2008/01/26/retired-green-beret-gets-court-martial-after-shooting-intruder/) in the shooting of an intruder who broke into his home in Knoxville, TN.
OK ...let's review. The guy, Smokey Taylor, is 80. He is a retired Special Forces Weapons Sergeant with extensive combat experience during Korea and Vietnam. An intruder breaks in and threatens him with a knife. What does Smokey do?
Shoots him right between the eyes with a .22 caliber pistol. The only problem is that the bullet bounces off the intruder's head. It knocks him down and he goes crawling out the door and down the street where Knoxville police apprehend him.
So now Smokey has been brought before a trial of his peers. The charges? He should have saved the county and taxpayers the expense of a trial for this creep. You see, Smokey could have used a .45 or .38 and the intruder would have been DRT. But he was acquitted of all charges and given a round of applause.
Don't ya just love it?
Let's chip in and buy this stud a .45. - Neal Boortz

bkelm18
02-03-2008, 06:18 PM
I can't even imagine how much it must hurt to have a .22 bounce off your head. That's gotta smart.

Mike.357
02-03-2008, 09:49 PM
Is this a joke? i do not remember reading about it in the local rag.

fury2neon
02-03-2008, 10:26 PM
Is this a joke? i do not remember reading about it in the local rag.


All the links seem to check out.

TNDixieGirl
02-04-2008, 12:00 AM
Yes it's a joke. Not the incident, but the court marshall.

From the link "The entire affair, of course, was very much tongue in cheek. ".

towerclimber37
02-04-2008, 01:28 AM
it was a jury of his peers..i.e a bunch of old soldiers (probably sf soldiers) that courtsmarshalled him
thats their way of saying 'hey dummy, next time shoot him for real will ya?".