Kim Rhode sees the news on television or social media. Another mass shooting, in Aurora, San Bernardino, Newtown, Orlando, Dallas, Baton Rouge.For the two-time Olympic gold medalist shotgun shooter, what comes next has become routine.I just wait for my phone to ring, Rhode said. I know the questions are coming.Shooting is one of the most divisive sports in the Olympic program.Guns, always a hot-button issue, have been thrust even further to the forefront of public debate with the spate of mass killings in recent years.Sport shooters are staunch supporters of the Second Amendment, given their chosen event. Because they are public figures, more so during Olympic years, they have become targets for anti-gun groups.Mass shootings exacerbate the rift over gun control and often put Olympic shooters in the crosshairs of hate.Its unfortunate that we get lumped in with that, said Rhode, who is vying to become the first American athlete to win medals in a sixth straight Games at next months Rio Olympics. There has to be some kind of reality.When Rhode won her second career gold, in skeet at the 2012 London Games, one of the first questions she was asked by media was about the theater shooting at Aurora, Colorado, which occurred a few days earlier and left 12 dead.Sometimes it goes beyond inquiries.Several shooters have received death threats, requiring extra security in London.Trap shooter Corey Cogdell-Unrein needed extra protection after someone posted hunting videos on her Facebook page without her knowledge.A two-time Olympian, she grew up in Alaska, where the family hunted for its food, and still hunts. Despite saying she didnt agree with the content of the videos, Cogdell-Unrein received numerous death threats before the Olympics.After the London Games, where she won bronze, thousands of people signed a petition to strip her of the medal.Unfortunately, there were people who decided to hone in on me as a public figure at the time and they wanted to push their agenda of trying to stop animal cruelty and hunting, said Cogdell-Unrein, who is headed to Rio. Hopefully that will not happen again. If it does, I will be better prepared for it this time. I definitely dont support animal cruelty and a lot of the things they were saying I was a part of.As gun laws become stricter, the ability to obtain guns and ammunition could become much tougher for Olympic shooters.In California, where Rhode lives, Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a law requiring background checks for anyone purchasing ammunition, among other restrictions. Rhode burns through up to 1,000 shotgun shells a day in training and is concerned how the new laws will affect her ability to properly prepare.Im not sure how thats going to work out, how thats going to affect me, what thats going to entail, she said. It could make things much more difficult for me to train.Travel is another issue for Olympic shooters.Shooters and their liaisons must keep up on gun laws, not only for each of the 50 states, but any country they may travel to or through for competitions. For air gun shooters, that sometimes means sending their air canisters to their destination ahead of time.Even knowing the regulations doesnt always make things go smoothly.Rhode once had a flight from San Marino delayed for hours after a competition because security officials were concerned she had multiple shotguns and ammunition in her luggage.Jay Shi, an air gun and pistol shooter headed to his first Olympics, had to wait nearly four hours to get cleared into China for a competition as security hand counted every bullet. The process was repeated when he left.Shi had to stand by another time as a security person took out his pistol to examine it because of the strange-looking handle used on competition guns.The rule is not to touch the gun, but they took it out and were looking at it, Shi said. I was freaking because now theyre waving a gun all around.The issues Olympic shooters face wont subside anytime soon.The debate over gun control is a divisive chasm that seems to grow deeper with each mass shooting.Athletes who use guns for their sport will likely always be part of that debate -- whether they want to be or not. Colorado Avalanche Store . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Custom Colorado Avalanche Jerseys . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. https://www.cheapavalanche.com/ . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. Fake Avalanche Jerseys .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. Cheap Avalanche Jerseys . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. SEATTLE -- Most nights, Stefan Frei would be thrilled with a shutout on the scoresheet and a point in the standings.On Wednesday, the Seattle keeper and the rest of the Sounders clearly were hoping for more.Frei made five saves, deflecting one shot off the right post, and the Sounders played to a 0-0 tie with the Houston Dynamo.The draw moved the Sounders (13-13-6, 45 points) closer to securing a spot in the MLS playoffs. The Dynamo (7-13-12, 33 points) already have been eliminated.Seattle, which has surged to a 7-1-4 record since Brian Schmetzer took over coaching duties in late July, could have clinched a spot with a win. Now, it will have to pick up points in either of its final two regular season games, or hope that San Jose and Portland come up short in their final games.Weve gone on a tremendous run, and its really nice to string together wins and climb the table, Frei said, who earned his eighth clean sheet. This was the opportunity to reward us for all that hard work. Today was the opportunity to get something out of it and not just have another win. We kind of blew that chance.With that being said, theres more chances left to take care of those other two games.Seattle played the final 26 minutes with 10 men after midfielder Osvaldo Alonso was sent off with a straight red card following a scuffle with Bruin. The Houston forward received a yellow card.One of the things that sticks out is we shoot ourselves in the foot again by getting a silly red card, Frei said. Those are things we have to eliminate because we have enough quality and desire to succeed.ddddddddddddHouston nearly got on the board in the 30th minute on a shot by Will Bruin from the top of the penalty area. But Frei dove to his left, got a hand on the ball, and watched it bounce off of the right post.Just 9 minutes later, Frei went the other way to knock away a blast by Andrew Wenger.Dynamo goalkeeper Joe Willis did his part in the other net. He stopped Seattles Erik Friberg twice just seconds apart in the 40th minute, and finished with seven saves for his fifth shutout.In the second half, Seattles Roman Torres and Chad Marshall both had headers off of corner kicks that went wide. The Sounders outshot Houston, 15-11, had 11 corners to the Dynamos five, and owned 61 percent of the possession.I think we did find some patience. I just didnt know if we were quite sharp enough in that final third when we had a lot of corner kicks, Schmetzer said. We needed a couple more quality looks on goal to get us that first goal.Seattle and Houston have played to four straight ties, including all three games this season.This is a difficult place to come play, so Im really happy with the shutout, said Dynamo coach Wade Barrett, whose team had surrendered three goals in three of the past six outings. Weve given up a couple goals in the past couple games, so Im always pleased when we put in the defensive work like that -- and that was from everybody in the group. ' ' '