the murderous rampage by Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood, also in November 2009, was interrupted by the courageous intervention of a female soldier Sergeant Kimberly Munley, who charged him at point-blank range and fired her weapon till eventually he went down.
Stopped reading here - blatantly incorrect fact calling the entire article and the author's reasoning ability into question. I can't believe the Hoover Institution, home of Dr. Thomas Sowell, would allow such to be printed.
Isn't Sgt. Munley a cop, and not a soldier?
Yes, Munley is a cop and not an Army Sargeant so I guess that invalidates the entire piece as well as calls into question all of reality.
This makes about as much sense as your objection: