Julie Golob, competitive shooter.

This is the busiest time of year for professional shooter, wife, mother and Army veteran, Julie Golob. She is hosting classes and training hard for the upcoming competition season, which begins later this month. She did not have much time to devote to a controversy that surfaced last week, when her image and personal information were misappropriated for a social media post by the anti-gun group, 97Percent, as part of its campaign to gaslight the public into falsely believing it is a moderate pro-gun group.

“I did not endorse their message. I gave no permission for the photo. It is unfair to use my image and likeness to give the perception that I support what they are all about. I certainly don’t,” Golob told the Second Amendment Foundation last week. “And the fact it was used for Women’s History Month is insulting.”

A special report published by the Second Amendment Foundation last week revealed how 97Percent uses slick marketing and an aggressive social media campaign to falsely portray itself as a pro-gun organization comprised of gun owners and non-gun owners, while in reality it is nothing more than a run-of-the-mill anti-gun group, not unlike Everytown, Giffords or Brady.

Last Wednesday, ostensibly as part of Women’s History Month, 97Percent posted tweets featuring images and personal information of nine female shooters and/or leaders within the Second Amendment community – six living and three deceased. They included Golob, Rhonda Ezell, Robin Sandoval, Lena Miculek, Kim Rhode and Carrie Lightfoot, as well as Lucille Ball, Mary Edwards Walker and Annie Oakley.

Now deleted post of Julie Golob.

Last Thursday, after Golob responded to the post on Twitter/X and made it clear that she did not give permission to use her likeness or personal information, the group quickly deleted all of its Women’s History Month posts.

97Percent’s executive director, Olivia Troye, said during a recent appearance on ABC’s The View, that her group’s mission is “to bring gun owners into the conversation and to bring them to the table, in order to work on reducing gun deaths happening across the country, while including them in the solutions.”

However, the recent investigation by the Second Amendment Foundation revealed that 97Percent supports bans on “assault weapons,” standard-capacity magazines and bump stocks, and has called for permits to carry, purchase and even possess firearms. It supports mandatory background checks and mandatory storage laws and claims the Second Amendment is “overprotected.”

Troye declined to be interviewed for the previous story, and she did not return emails seeking an explanation for her group’s misuse of the women’s photos and personal information.

Chicago Guns Matter founder Rhonda Ezell pointed out that 97Percent lifted her image right off of her website, without her knowledge or permission.

“When I first saw it, I was shocked,” she told the Second Amendment Foundation. “Why would an anti-gun group post a picture of me? They never asked to use the photo. This doesn’t make sense. At best, this is theft of intellectual property.”

Ezell has since contacted an attorney.

“I didn’t know of 97Percent. I never interacted with them. They are working against our cause,” she said. “I pick my battles, but I did feel it was rude. The picture they took is from a professional photo shoot.”

Both Ezell and Golob are frustrated by 97Percent’s plagiarism and use of false light.

“Lawful gun owners have to be wary of organizations that make certain claims,” Golob said. “We have to be vigilant and speak up, because when something is done wrong to you, the burden of proof and all of the effort is on you.”

Article courtesy of SAF.

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58 COMMENTS

  3. Olivia Troye, as in the life-long bureaucrat swamp-thing Olivia Troye? Former employers include the Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Republican National Committee. She has been a parasite her whole life and she worships the state. If you want to see a Republican Fascist, Olivia Troye is a prime example.

    • “Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Republican National Committee. She has been a parasite her whole life and she worships the state“

      The RNC and Homeland Security?
      Now she’s doing some kind of Astroturf ‘pro-gun’ anti-gun group?

      Can you say false-flag operator…

      Man, you gotta watch them freedom-stealing authoritarian Republicans.

        • Almost. Remember the dems fought a war to keep slavery. They fought to keep segregation and they rounded up American citizens at gun point and put them in concentration camps based solely on race.

        • Given all the bad things the Democrat party has done in this country, why aren’t they “Cancelled”?

        • C.S. ultimately they and the various flavors of RINO are the establishment backed up by a startling number of those in civil service.

  4. Not understanding the headline. Who is it trying to make female shooters look look “pro-gun”; the females in the pictures, or the anti-gun organization?

    • the anti gun org is trying to convey a false impression to make their selves look pro-gun.

      • “the anti gun org is trying to convey a false impression to make their selves look pro-gun.”

        ‘Preciate the clarification.

    • Sam,

      Is the issue that they are “pro-gun” (I highly doubt any of them would deny that), or is it that the anti-gun zealots are (i) using the targets’ OWN websites and IP, without permission of the targets, as “examples” of POTG (completely out of context), and (ii) implying things that none of them believe or espouse?

      Sure, a fair argument can be made that all of them, by their own, voluntary activities, have made themselves “public persons”, and ANYONE is free to comment about them (that’s what the 1A is all about), but . . . the leap from that to usurping THEIR work product and content and ‘name and likeness’, out of context, is a bit of a stretch.

      Now, if someone makes themself a ‘public person’, there are consequences that go with that, including loss of privacy. Many years ago, we could deal with that distinction. For some strange reason, we no longer seem to be able to analyze that deeply.

      I don’t view the 1A as giving anyone any right to use anyone else’s intellectual content or work product except to the extent of “fair use” – this goes well beyond that.

  6. The “intent” of these antigun wackos is to raise cash from gullible urban progs so they can then pay themselves a handsome salary for a self-created activist not working gig. Its the Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton model.

  9. With Gun Control being Rooted in Racism and Genocide 97Percent needs as many SmileyFaces as they can get even if they have to steal them.

      • boys,

        Debbie Dimwit is the ULTIMATE “one trick pony” – she THINKS she’s learned something about “gun control” – and her knowledge become obsolete around the mid-1960s, and dear Debbie just can’t keep up.

        My folks taught me not to make fun of the handicapped, so I don’t comment about MOST of Debbie’s insanity, but . . . Sweet Baby Jeebus on a Nuclear-Powered Pogo Stick, is that woman repetitive, simplistic, and boring!!!!

  10. Pro 2A people need to apply the same lawfare that the grabbers use against manufacturers, sellers, etc. File multi-million dollar suits and watch them spend themselves broke defending them.

  11. Hopefully she sues TF out of them.

    Sue them in a friendly court.
    Make example.
    Make them live by their own crappy games.

      • Philip,

        Not even close to correct – the whole “public figure” argument goes solely to what level of proof is required to find slander, not the definition, or who can be slandered. And even IF they are “public figures”, that does NOT equate to being able to usurp their intellectual property without consent. The GFWs used actual, direct content from their websites, without consent, for commercial purposes. Smells kinda iffy, to me.

        • If you authorize your photo to be posted online, you lose control of it(why NFT’s died). There was no slander either. They were actually very complimentary.

  12. It’s funny that a gun control group masquerading as a pro-gun group then uses the phony 97% stat as it’s name (as in 97% of people support gun control). Nothing screams honesty like pretending you are pro-gun as you seek gun control, using a made up stat to justify your stance, then posting Julie’s picture to prove your bona fides (even though Julie wants nothing to do with you). Wow! Where do I send my money?

        • “What like John McCain?“

          Regardless of his party affiliation, John McCain is an American hero who served his country with honor and distinction.

          Those who attack John McCain’s patriotism aren’t worth the spit I use to shine my boots.

        • he was a commie martyr bastard and is currently rotting in hell for treason. we know why yours are called jack(off) boots (spit my eye). i wouldn’t give you the steam off my piss.

        • MajorMistake,

          “Regardless of his party affiliation, John McCain is an American hero who served his country with honor and distinction.”

          Not according to others who were unfortunate enough to be in the “Hanoi Hilton” with him. And, whether he was or wasn’t, exactly WHAT relevance does that have to the topic??? Or are you just being stupid, as usual???

  14. Olivia Troye is not a former national security and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence as she has claimed.

    She was a flunky basically temporarily detailed from Department of Homeland Security. She wrote briefs for different topics, like the rest of the staff employees did when they wrote briefs they are directed to write on various subjects for their boss Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg.

    Pence’s actual adviser was Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg. He has told of Troye: That she was on his staff and reported directly to him as it was for dozens of others. Never at any time did she ever act as advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. Her assignment with Kellogg’s staff was cut short because she got dismissed because she could not keep up with her duties (which in government speak translation means she was incompetent and got fired).

    According to The Washington Post: Troye was an intelligence official at the Department of Homeland Security under Obama’s presidency and for the first 18 months of Trump’s presidency before she became a part of Pence’s staff.

    She was not an “intelligence official”. she was a government employee as were hundreds of others that worked at Department of Homeland Security. She was not part of Pence’s staff, she worked for Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg and was on his staff.

    According to NPR: Troye had worked for Vice President Mike Pence for two years.

    No, she didn’t. She worked for Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg.

    Also according to The Washington Post: Troye’s last months at the White House were spent on the Coronavirus Task Force, which was led by her boss, Pence. The Post reported that she helped organize meetings from February to July, helping Pence establish meeting agendas, write briefings and stay abreast of the growing pandemic.

    Mike Pence was never her boss. Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg was her boss from the time she was originally detailed from Department of Homeland Security to when she was fired due to incompetence.

    Also according to The Washington Post (on the corona virus thing): Troye didn’t blame Pence, but did say she regretted some of her actions in perpetuating arguments that the virus was not as serious as originally thought. “I still have a lot of respect for the vice president,” she said. “I worked very loyally for him to do everything I could for him. I don’t want this to become a speaking-out-against-him thing.”

    Troye appeared in a roughly 2 minute ad run by the anti-Trump group called Republican Voters Against Trump. The video criticized Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, In that ad she said this:

    “I am Olivia Troye. I was a homeland security advisor and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Pence. As Vice President Pence’s lead staff member on the COVID-19 response. You know, I have been on the COVID task force from day one. ”

    Pence has said he didn’t really know who she was until her comments were bought to his attention and then her comments sounded like those of a disgruntled employee.

    So, its no wonder she’s the Executive Director for 97Percent – they needed someone to direct their lies with spin.

    • It seems Gen. Kellogg wasn’t willing to play along with the insurrection conspiracy:

      “During the 2021 United States Capitol attack Kellogg defended Pence’s decision not to leave the Capitol. While the Secret Service was attempting to get Pence to ride to a safer place, Pence insisted on staying. Kellogg reportedly told Anthony Ornato, former Secret Service and at the time White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, why Pence would not be evacuated, “You can’t do that, Tony. Leave him where he’s at. He’s got a job to do. I know you guys too well. You’ll fly him to Alaska if you have a chance. Don’t do it.” Kellogg made it clear that Pence would stay, even if he needed to remain all night.”[26] Kellogg is viewed as a “key witness” in the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack“

      • its kinda difficult for it to have been an actual insurrection when there was no actual insurrection.

        • .40 cal,

          But, but, but . . . what about all those weapons they had, and all the cops that were killed??

          The Leftist/fascists don’t even BOTHER to try to make their lies believable, anymore, because they know (i) we’ve seen through their BS, and know where they are coming from, so even a pretty lie won’t sell to us, and (ii) their fellow travelers (like MajorMistake and dacian the demented) are so stupid and brainwashed they’ll believe ANYTHING.

  15. The anti-rights crowd can bring me into their conversation by telling me how I can defend myself against democide, genocide, ethnic cleansing, enslavement and colonial exploitation if they achieve their goal of disarming the peasants. I have asked this question of hundreds of them for decades WITHOUT A SINGLE ANSWER.

  16. So who provided 97% that photo? Wouldn’t they have some degree of liability as well?

  17. Ever think how sick these anti-gun folks are to expend so much energy and hate over something few of them even know anything about but the propaganda they hear from the Left on a regular basis. Sometimes you have to feel sorry for them being the “useful idiots” they apparently are. When things come home to roost, I am sure they will have second thoughts about the error of their ways.

  18. looking at their website i was a bit surprised to see several links to NSSF and other pro-gun groups. Some of the links to training would be interesting to check out just to see what it is comprised of. Some of their ideas are novel but many of the things they suggest run afoul of the 2nd. The big thing they push is permit to purchase. So they believe you have to pay a government entity to get permission to purchase a firearm. The second issue I see is they want anyone convicted of a violent MISDEMEANOR to lose their right to own firearms.

  19. The first females at Atlanta PD were in my Police Academy class in 1972 and they did better than some males at the range!

    • Bill,

      There are some solid studies that indicate that women are, in some respects, BETTER at shooting and archery than men (no, most women couldn’t draw an English longbow, but . . . they tend to be accurate). I never thought that women were “lesser than” men; I just understand that there are differences.

      Women do NOT (and probably never will) have the muscle and bone density, upper body strength, speed, and endurance that men have . . . hence the reason the Olympics originally did the sensible thing and let men compete against men, and women compete against women. But there are things women can do (other than giving birth or breastfeeding) better than men. Once women began competing at the Olympic level in (for example) equestrian sports, they were serious competitors, one-on-one, to men.

      Wake me up when a woman (an actual biological woman) breaks Usain Bolt’s 100 meter time, or breaks Michael Phelps’ 100 meter freestyle record.

  20. While competitive shuting is fun it’s not nearly as fun as getting drunk and shuting empty beer cans you’ve thrown off the bridge.
    Alcholics and drug addicts need to practice when they’re all fcked up because most of the time their all fcked up.
    “I have two guns, one for each of you.”

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