From the New York Post:
He’s full of skeet!
Gun owners lampooned President Obama as Elmer Fudd yesterday after the White House released a photo — in the middle of a fierce national firearms debate — of the commander-in-chief shooting clay targets at Camp David over the summer.
While the president’s shooting skills were being mocked, his own gun-control allies privately fretted that Obama risked being ridiculed as a phony for suddenly trying to portray himself as a friend of sportsmen and hunters. Or, conversely, that he was glorifying the use of guns....
“That looks pretty pathetic. That’s not skeet shooting,” chuckled Rick Davenport, of the Erie County Sportsmen’s Federation.
In the photo, Obama is shooting straight ahead.
“In skeet shooting, you’re either shooting high or you’re shooting low! This is nothing but pandering to the sportsmen and hunters,” Davenport said.
New York Rifle and Pistol Association President Tom King said Obama’s 12-gauge Browning Citori shotgun must have jammed because gun owners will see right through the p.r. offensive.
“We’ve seen this p.r. stunt before. This is what all the gun banners try to do. They try to ingratiate themselves with us,” King said.
“You really think this photo is going to make us think Obama is a pro-gun friend of the Second Amendment?” King said, laughing. “Go figure.”
Rick McDermott, an upstate gun-rights activist, said Obama is shooting blanks.
“This is all political posturing. It’s a PR stunt to show that Obama feels our pain. The Second Amendment has nothing to do with skeet shooting.” http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/am_backfire_x2RKzceXFc2IUwUHjmvVIN
As I said before, if Obama wants us to believe he has shot skeet any times up at Camp David, sow us the video.Having one picture, showing him shooting a shotgun doesn't show he has shot skeet many times, as he has claimed.
I rate this photo: Pants on Fire:
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