I think "Guy who wants a peaceful life but has to go on a killing spree" is a subset of "Most emotionally dysfunctional asshole in tri-county area redeemed in family's eyes by being great at violence."
A fair number of them are even like "Most emotionally dysfunctional asshole in tri-county area redeemed in family's eyes by being great at violence, allowed to die a hero before he can fuck it all up again."
The leads run the gamut from "basically a more-or-less reformed mass murderer" to "active scumbag" to "Upstanding Family Man™ whose Country Needed Him™ so much that he's forgotten how to exist on The Homefront™", but by golly they are all going to be forgiven for their absences and failures as parents by being fucking amazing at violence.



















