To: sam_paine
You pull that trigger, you'd better be ready to kill someone, and everything that goes with that, or you have no business pointing a gun. I made my peace with that thought before I left for Viet Nam in 1969. I'd much rather the other guy die for his country than have me to die for mine.
12 posted on
12/18/2008 9:16:59 AM PST by
Retired COB
(Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
To: Retired COB
Yeah. People who have no business with a gun can usually be identified by their “shoot their knees out” or other big talk.
Responsible operators are uniformly solemn and reserved about it.
15 posted on
12/18/2008 9:23:45 AM PST by
sam_paine
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To: Retired COB
Retired COB said:
"I made my peace with that thought before I left for Viet Nam in 1969. " I did the same. That environment required that you be ready to act. It's too late to consider the possibilities once the firing starts. Fortunately for me, the Signal Corps suffered few casualties during that time. Mostly traffic accidents.
16 posted on
12/18/2008 9:37:44 AM PST by
William Tell
(RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
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