Gold Medal Shooter Looking To Make History In Rio Blows Holes In California’s Gun Laws

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In a little dose of irony, America’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics came from a shooting event. Turns out that Southerners “clinging to their guns” is good for something. Ginny Thrasher, NCAA champion shooter for the West Virginia Mountaineers and a Virginia native, won gold in the 10-meter air rifle event Saturday morning.
After poking liberal gun control activists in the eye with her victory, Ginny couldn’t pass up the opportunity to also offend PETA activists recalling to the Richmond Times-Dispatch how the “adrenaline rush” of obliterating her first deer solidified her interest in shooting:
She wanted to be an Olympic figure skater when she was younger, but became enthralled with shooting after joining her grandfather, father and two older brothers on a hunting trip.
On the second day of the trip, the group stopped to eat lunch when Thrasher’s father, Roger, told her there was a deer right behind her.
“The adrenaline rush was incredible,” Thrasher said.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 7, 2016.