PRO-GUN-CONTROL ARMY VET TRIES TO PULL RANK, GETS SHOT DOWN BY TAM KEEL:

So, one Michael Diamond recently wrote a chiding little piece about the dysfunction of American civilian gun culture, by comparing it to the hard-nosed serious firearms professionalism he’d acquired in the Army.

I mean, thank you for your service and everything, Mike, but from what you’ve written, you were an intel officer in the reserves for seven years. I’m hard pressed to think of a gig in the United States Army that would give you less exposure to firearms that doesn’t require a degree in medicine or divinity, and frankly I’m coming up empty.

“Although I had fired countless live rounds over the years on various military weapons ranges…”

As a matter of fact, Mike, I’m pretty comfortable making the statement that I probably expend more ammunition in any given month than you did in your entire seven year career, since you likely never busted a cap outside of required qualifications.

As has been brought up by fellow blogger McThag, the U.S. Army pistol qualification is barely a sobriety test, let alone any sort of marksmanship challenge.

There are people in the Army who know more about guns than Tam. And I hear they’re both very nice guys.