Kim Rhode shoots guns for a living, but she has long seen them as the tools of her trade, no different than a golfer’s clubs.
“We should have the right to keep and bear arms, to protect ourselves and our family,” she says. “The second amendment was put in there not just so we can go shoot skeet or go shoot trap. It was put in so we could defend our first amendment, the freedom of speech, and also to defend ourselves against our own government.”
The title of the article certainly reflects the anti-gun bias of the publisher, but Kim Rhode is out there delivering a very good pro-2A message at the Olympics.
LTC since 2015
I have contacted my state legislators urging support of Constitutional Carry Legislation HB 1927
It is amazing to me that so many people do not even know that they have shooting sports in the Olympics. When i describe the Modern Pentathlon to them they are astounded that anyone would have the athletic ability to ride a steeple chase, run cross country, swim, fence and fire a pistol. They are even more astounded by the Winter olympics sport of Biathlon, cross country skiing and rifle shooting.
AF-Odin
Texas LTC, SSC & FRC Instructor
NRA Pistol, Home Firearms Safety, Personal Protection in the Home Instructor & RSO
NRA & TSRA Life Member
allisji wrote:The title of the article certainly reflects the anti-gun bias of the publisher, but Kim Rhode is out there delivering a very good pro-2A message at the Olympics.
The current headline reads "Gold Medal Shooter Takes Aim at Gun Control Supporters."
That certainly doesn't seem anti-gun. Was it originally a different headline?
allisji wrote:The title of the article certainly reflects the anti-gun bias of the publisher, but Kim Rhode is out there delivering a very good pro-2A message at the Olympics.
The current headline reads "Gold Medal Shooter Takes Aim at Gun Control Supporters."
That certainly doesn't seem anti-gun. Was it originally a different headline?
Edit: Oh, "takes aim at"? OK.
Yeah, that was pretty much all I was getting at. Journalist/editor probably didn't intend for it to have any kind of pro-gun or anti-gun bias, and most people wouldn't read anything into it, but it creates a mental image that she is doing something that she almost certainly would never do; pointing a gun at someone just because they don't agree with her. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon way for liberal minded journalists to portray gun rights advocates.
LTC since 2015
I have contacted my state legislators urging support of Constitutional Carry Legislation HB 1927
