On December 9, 2015, in Randolph, New Jersey, USA, people bought guns at RTSP shooting range and practiced shooting.
Beijing, August 1 (Xinhua) According to foreign media reports, recently, there have been frequent shooting cases around the world, which has once again triggered disputes about gun control in the United States. In this debate, there is a group that has no choice but to "lie down".
American UFO shooter Rod has won three Olympic gold medals, and she will go to Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games again next month. Now, this veteran is often troubled by some topics other than sports. In recent years, there have been many shootings in various parts of the United States, and the public’s discussion on gun management has become more and more enthusiastic; In these discussions, shooters are increasingly becoming the "eyesore" of gun-banning groups. The situation is especially serious as the Olympic Games approaches.
Shooters are often regarded as supporters of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees individual citizens the right to bear guns. Rhodes said, "Unfortunately, we are involved in this controversy."
At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Rod won the women’s skeet championship. However, after the game, the first question the media asked her had nothing to do with sports, but about the shooting in Aurora, Colorado a few days ago (12 deaths and 58 injuries).
Some shooters even received death threats. Cogdell, an American female skeet shooter who participated in two Olympic Games, was posted a video about hunting on her personal social network account a few days before the 2012 London Olympic Games. Cogdell is from Alaska, and her family has a hunting tradition. Although Cogdell immediately clarified that she disagreed with the video, she still received several death threats.
After the London Olympics, thousands of people petitioned to deprive Cogdell of the bronze medal. Cogdell told the Associated Press: "Unfortunately, some people tried to throw dirty water at me at that time, in order to promote their demands of banning hunting and cruelty to animals." She is preparing for the Rio Olympic Games, and expressed the hope that such incidents will not happen again this time. "Even if they happen, I am more prepared than four years ago. I absolutely don’t support animal cruelty, and I don’t support what they think I support. "
In recent years, with the increasingly strict gun control bill, it is more difficult for shooters to obtain guns and ammunition. California Governor Brown recently signed a law stipulating that anyone who buys ammunition must have a background check. Rhodes, who lives in California, said she didn’t know how the new law would adversely affect her daily training. Usually, Rod consumes nearly a thousand rounds of shotgun every day in training.
Shooting athletes’ travel is another problem. Only in the United States, the gun control laws of each state are different; The situation of transnational travel is even more complicated. Shooters often mail bullets to the competition place in advance.
Sometimes, even if the athletes’ practices conform to the regulations, the department in charge of security inspection will still have doubts, and the resulting trip delays are commonplace.