The Purple Heart was from an injury from a IDE and is unrelated. He also received some other medal that I'm not going to look up.
There's no doubt he a decorated veteran.
Why would he say that?
The shooting had just happened and the wound was still fresh, so he had to tell the truth. Park Rangers are like cops.
He dropped his gun on the ground while he was exiting his car, and it discharged into his arm. With his wife and kid in the car.
He started lying about it this year in ads, which the Ranger, who lives in MT, saw and publicly contradicted.
Sheehy has also claimed he did not report receiving the wound in Afghanistan because it was friendly fire and he didn't want to get the guy who shot him in trouble. So, he threw his comrades under the bus to cover the lie.
What's worse? The lie, or the incompetence he demonstratedby shooting himself in front of his family.
Farm and Ranching in the US is heavily subsidized and hardly capitalism.