Congrats to @KimRhode, the 1st female Olympian to medal in 6 consecutive games! @USAShooting Photo by @kevinjairaj pic.twitter.com/38cZBz14sT— USATODAYSportsImages (@usatsimg) August 12, 2016
— NRA (@NRA) August 13, 2016
Rhode has become an outspoken defendant of the second amendment in the United States. In a news conference before the start of the Games, Rhode spoke out about what it meant to her.
“We should have the right to keep and bear arms, to protect ourselves and our family,” she said. “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.”