Reply #25: I don't know about that, but Sgt. Kimberley Munley is apparently a gun enthusiast [View All]

[benEzra]

and "talented shooter" (ABC News) who grew up right here in eastern NC and shot her first deer when she was 11 years old.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/us/07police.html

Mr. Medley said Sergeant Munley was an advanced firearms instructor for the civilian force, which is used to assist the military police with policing the vast fort, where 150,000 soldiers and their families live and work.

Sergeant Munley’s father, Dennis Barbour, owns a hardware store in Carolina Beach, N.C., and is a former mayor.

She worked as an officer in the Wrightsville Beach Police Department from March 2000 to February 2002, receiving three letters of commendation, Police Chief John S. Carey said. Her marksmanship was impeccable, Chief Carey said.

“She was very friendly and outgoing,” the chief recalled. “She was pretty fearless, considering she is such a small officer.”

She developed a love of shooting as a young girl, her grandmother Monirie Metz said. She killed her first deer when she was 11 on a hunting trip with her grandfather.

She was also an avid surfer as a teenager, attacking the sport with the same verve and courage she showed in other parts of her life, her grandmother recalled.

But when she discovered police work, she found her true calling, Ms. Metz said. “She loves that work,” she said.

Sort of undermines your "gun enthusiasts are evil scum" meme, since the Ft. Hood shooter was not a gun enthusiast but Sgt. Munley was.