Want to have one one killed? - Page 2

Otto Harkaman · 12-12-21, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Dale Dyes old rag. I'm amazed to see it is still being published years after he kicked the bucket.

archive.org has a good many of them for viewing
https://archive.org/details/soldieroffortunemagazine

one of my many wishful reading projects, the forgotten cold wars of Africa

August · 12-12-21, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Otto Harkaman

archive.org has a good many of them for viewing
https://archive.org/details/soldieroffortunemagazine

one of my many wishful reading projects, the forgotten cold wars of Africa

Yeah the articles in those magazines made for some interesting reading. They were quite popular among the SF guys that I served with, having been published by one of their own (Dye was just a contributor). Amazingly it was still being published until just a few years ago which surprises me because there were hit-men that were hired through Soldier of Fortune magazine. At least two murder for hire examples that became public and the magazine got sued over, but nobody knows how many more went unreported.

Buddahaid · 12-12-21, 11:10 PM

Maybe he can expand through

with wish you were dead flowers.

Aktungbby · 12-13-21, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Otto Harkaman

I don't mess around, I know where to go when I want a hit job!

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Originally Posted by August

Dale Dyes old rag. I'm amazed to see it is still being published years after he kicked the bucket.

Let's put lid on that 'old rag' talk Birthday Boy! Some of us got a lifetime of motivation from that periodical!!

Commander Wallace · 12-13-21, 07:51 AM

^ you look like a crazed ninja turtle looking to " wipe " everyone out.

I have a friend who was originally from Texas. He told me in Texas, there is a " needed to be killed law."

If in fact, someone committed this transgression, they needed to appear in court as is normal.

However, when asked, a defendant need only respond, they needed to be killed. If sufficient evidence is presented and a judge or jury agrees that that individual " needed to be killed " you are all good.

I wonder if Neal in Texas can expand a bit on this " law. "

I remember I looked at my friend when he told me that and we both started laughing.

August · 12-13-21, 09:07 AM

Judge Roy Bean of Texas once presided over a murder trial of a man who shot another man with a rifle. Apparently the victim had been armed with a pistol and had engaged the rifle guy from about 75 yards. The judge felt that going up against a man with a rifle at such a long distance when one is only armed with a short range pistol was suicide and ruled his death as such letting the shooter go free.

Commander Wallace · 12-13-21, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Judge Roy Bean of Texas once presided over a murder trial of a man who shot another man with a rifle. Apparently the victim had been armed with a pistol and had engaged the rifle guy from about 75 yards. The judge felt that going up against a man with a rifle at such a long distance when one is only armed with a short range pistol was suicide and ruled his death as such letting the shooter go free.

Well, ok then. Apparently then, there is some truth to all this. I'm sure there was some extenuating and or mitigating circumstances around this but it's pretty interesting. Anyone else have some thoughts or experiences ?

Sean C · 12-13-21, 10:17 AM

TIME article:

When You Can Kill in Texas

August · 12-13-21, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean C

TIME article:

When You Can Kill in Texas

My takeaway from that is maybe one should not try to rob or steal in Texas.

Aktungbby · 12-13-21, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

^ you look like a crazed ninja turtle looking to " wipe " everyone out.

...proof (at my age) I can still multitask: shoot or wipe my ass! As fer takin' on guys with rifles while armed with a pistol in Napa, that's been referred to as "suicide by cop"... twice in the last 5 years. And, the city has lost lawsuits over it to boot.

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My takeaway from that is maybe one should not try to rob or steal in Texas.

...or, in the parlance of a late 1800's coroner's official report I once ran across: "...and he became shot and expired of his wounds".

kinda like Alec Baldwin's unfortunate cinematographer recently...

Jeff-Groves · 12-13-21, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean C

TIME article:

When You Can Kill in Texas

Californication needs to take some advice from Texas.

On Soldier of Fortune? That magazine is what got me to enlist in the Army and go AirBorne with the 82nd!
They had an article that said the 82nd was going to Egypt the next year. So I enlisted as I wanted to see the Pyramids!
After a Non-stop flight from Ft. Bragg? I stepped out the door of a perfectly good areoplane in flight.
One my way down I saw those pyramids! Several days later? I got to touch the Great Pyramid with my own hand!
A later issue had my letter to them about that!

Aktungbby · 12-13-21, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Californication ... I got to touch the Great Pyramid with my own hand!
A later issue had my letter to them about that!

U wrote with the right and touched with the left..

U R a multitasking cunning linguist indeed!

Jeff-Groves · 12-13-21, 03:27 PM

April, 1982 issue. In the FLAK section.

I downloaded the PDF of that issue. Forgot all about it until this thread.

Aktungbby · 12-16-21, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

As fer takin' on guys with rifles while armed with a pistol in Napa, that's been referred to as "suicide by cop"... twice in the last 5 years. And, the city has lost lawsuits over it to boot.

JEEZE no sooner mentioned than in today's local paper in my mean little river town...:

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Originally Posted by Napa Register

Once on scene, they say Vellenoweth pointed the gun at them and other family members.
An officer shot him and he dropped the gun.
Police say they couldn't get to him and render aid immediately, because his dad went to him first and grabbed the gun.
They say it took seven minutes to get the dad to cooperate.
Vellenoweth died later at the hospital.
Investigators say the family believes he was trying to commit suicide by cop.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...oting/2756059/

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Judge Roy Bean of Texas once presided over a murder trial of a man who shot another man with a rifle. Apparently the victim had been armed with a pistol and had engaged the rifle guy from about 75 yards. The judge felt that going up against a man with a rifle at such a long distance when one is only armed with a short range pistol was suicide and ruled his death as such letting the shooter go free. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	April, 1982 issue. In the FLAK section. I downloaded the PDF of that issue. Forgot all about it until this thread. Last edited by Jeff-Groves; 12-13-21 at 04:18 PM.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	^ you look like a crazed ninja turtle looking to " wipe " everyone out. I have a friend who was originally from Texas. He told me in Texas, there is a " needed to be killed law." If in fact, someone committed this transgression, they needed to appear in court as is normal. However, when asked, a defendant need only respond, they needed to be killed. If sufficient evidence is presented and a judge or jury agrees that that individual " needed to be killed " you are all good. I wonder if Neal in Texas can expand a bit on this " law. " I remember I looked at my friend when he told me that and we both started laughing.