Apparently one of the girls working the Taran Tactical booth at SHOT was interviewed and gave some anti gun views. Taran Tactical has cut ties with her as a result.
Apparently one of the girls working the Taran Tactical booth at SHOT was interviewed and gave some anti gun views. Taran Tactical has cut ties with her as a result.
I want to send my Benelli into them bad. Their work on M2s is epic. But that was the best move on their part. I’m sure they hired her for her looks and didn’t even think to check her pro 2A views. I bet it’ll never happen again though.Yep. That wasn't the smartest move on her part. I'm not really a fan of Taran Tactical but they handled the situation well.
Wow.... She wasn’t just a random girl working the booth. She was an actual sponsored shooter! Fuck her. I’m glad Taran cut ties.
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“We were surprised to see an article recently published in a beauty magazine quoting a promotional model and friend of our company, Rochelle Hathaway, who made certain impromptu statements to a reporter during Shot Show.
We were unaware of the interview and we did not condone the interview or the statements made by Rochelle. Rochelle has never been authorized to speak on behalf of our company or its founder, Taran Butler. As of today, we have cut all professional ties with Rochelle.
While we respect everyone’s right to free speech, Rochelle’s statements were inappropriate and do not represent our company’s vision and beliefs. We have and will always support Second Amendment rights, and we will continue to educate and promote the safe, legal ownership and handling of firearms.”
https://www.google.com/amp/www.thet...-government-take-away-guns-make-us-safer/amp/
Um, I like, um, think the government should like, um, take the guns..... what do you mean I’m out of a job? Well he touched me!!!I hope she has a tough time getting a new sponsor.
What kind of stupid fucking idiot anti-2A is a competition shooter? The UNEMPLOYED kind.
I suspect her competition days are over. Even if she wanted to do it without sponsorship I suspect she will be ostracized by many in the competitive shooting community.I hope she has a tough time getting a new sponsor.
What kind of stupid fucking idiot anti-2A is a competition shooter? The UNEMPLOYED kind.
Musket or bust.I suspect her competition days are over. Even if she wanted to do it without sponsorship I suspect she will be ostracized by many in the competitive shooting community.
I mean how stupid does she have to be to realize that she is talking shit about one of the guns that is a huge part of competition shooting. Maybe she should try and do a 3-gun match with a bolt action since she’s ok with AKs or ARs being banned.
I mean it’s literally the same thing if a sponsored Ford driver came out at an interview in Detroit at the Auto Show saying only the government should have vehicles and citizens should have to ride bicycles.I suspect her competition days are over. Even if she wanted to do it without sponsorship I suspect she will be ostracized by many in the competitive shooting community.
I mean how stupid does she have to be to realize that she is talking shit about one of the guns that is a huge part of competition shooting. Maybe she should try and do a 3-gun match with a bolt action since she’s ok with AKs or ARs being banned.
I mean it’s literally the same thing if a sponsored Ford driver came out at an interview in Detroit at the Auto Show saying only the government should have vehicles and citizens should have to ride bicycles.
Yeah. Zero tolerance for sure. The industry as a whole will condemn the comments and she’ll never shoot professionally with sponsors again. It was truly career suicide.I’m just hoping the repercussions of this are as strong as they should be and her “fame” goes down the drain and she looses the benefits and money that came with it.
Hypocrisy like this should not be condoned by the gun community.
Yeah. Zero tolerance for sure. The industry as a whole will condemn the comments and she’ll never shoot professionally with sponsors again. It was truly career suicide.
I suspect her competition days are over. Even if she wanted to do it without sponsorship I suspect she will be ostracized by many in the competitive shooting community.
I mean how stupid does she have to be to realize that she is talking shit about one of the guns that is a huge part of competition shooting. Maybe she should try and do a 3-gun match with a bolt action since she’s ok with AKs or ARs being banned.
Yep and I don’t feel bad at all.
She was either too dumb to know how stupid it was to make statements like that at SHOT show of all places and especially wearing a shirt from a shooting company that gives her money.
Or
She is an arrogant little shit who thought she could get away with it based on her looks/IG followers/ etc....
From what I’ve read she wasn’t anything special as far as shooting goes either.
HahahahahaShe'll be fine, the NRA will probably pick up her sponsorship.
She's a "professional" so that doesn't count. Her rules are for the plebes.She actually said "semi-auto's", which would include her Glock. Therefore she's already a hypocrite - likely three times over because I bet she used an AR-15, Glock, and a semi-auto shotgun in her competition.
Fucking nimrod.
I hope they boot her out of the next 10 competitions she tries to enter.
Or let her enter, then everyone walk away while she shoots, and forget to enter her score.
"Sorry, we lost your score sheet. Want to try it a fifth time so we can lose that one too?"
She'll be fine, the NRA will probably pick up her sponsorship.
She actually said "semi-auto's", which would include her Glock. Therefore she's already a hypocrite - likely three times over because I bet she used an AR-15, Glock, and a semi-auto shotgun in her competition.
Fucking nimrod.
I hope they boot her out of the next 10 competitions she tries to enter.
Or let her enter, then everyone walk away while she shoots, and forget to enter her score.
"Sorry, we lost your score sheet. Want to try it a fifth time so we can lose that one too?"