In a photo released by the White House on Saturday, President Obama is shown skeet shooting at Camp David in August 2012.
In a photo released by the White House on Saturday, President Obama is shown skeet shooting at Camp David in August 2012.
This is a staged photo. He is no more shooting skeet in that photo than he is playing tennis. Look at the tension in his arm muscles...is this the stance of someone accustomed to shooting a gun?
It’s not Obama.
Looks like that skeet is hovering midair for him. I wish I could get a sporting clay to do that. :-)
He’s trying to shoot the clay before it leaves the launcher. Much easier to hit before they start flying!
Side note - does his gun have a pressure relief valve on the side of the barrel?
Didn’t someone report having seen him show up nervously for some skeet event there, suffer through a nervous five minutes of it, and leave?
Hunting skeets with a shotgun is pretty hard, but hunting them with a rifle? Holy Gladiola!!! This guy is good. Sarc/snark
What is he shooting skeet with black powder? That is a awful lot of smoke for a light target load. Plus if you zoom in on the pic why are only the right hand ports blowing smoke and not the left hand ports? Absolutely faked, heck he even seems to have his weight shifted back. This stance would be bad news if he was shooting anything over a 410.
What is he shooting skeet with black powder? That is a awful lot of smoke for a light target load. Plus if you zoom in on the pic why are only the right hand ports blowing smoke and not the left hand ports? Absolutely faked, heck he even seems to have his weight shifted back. This stance would be bad news if he was shooting anything over a 410.
Can anyone tell if the image of Obama is photoshopped on to the background?
1) Looks like he has never fired a shotgun before; he's clearly uncomfortable.
2)Target is very low ...
First, the question of how low he holds the rifle. It could be that he’s waiting for the skeet to fall near the ground, which is a more challenging shot. Frankly, I doubt if he’s that good. Or it could be that he’s doing target practice, but released this shot to cover his earlier gaffe.
How do we know this was taken last summer? Is anyone familiar with the area around Camp David? Would it be likely to be that green at this time of year? I shouldn’t think so. So either it’s photoshopped, which I don’t see any signs of, or it was taken before winter came in.
Second, he’s holding it much too high on his shoulder. If it was a real bullet he was firing, it would probably damage his shoulder, and really hurt. But if it was a vented blank cartridge, it might not have much recoil.
Finally, why would they take this photo in the first place? I suppose it could have beend taken any time, like that crazy photo of Johnkerry pretending to be a hunter. But on the whole, it would probably turn off as many of his crazy lib supporters as it would appeal to NRAers. Who knows? Maybe they took it and were saving it in case they needed it for some strange reason, like Kerry tried to do.
Heck It doesnt even look like he has the trigger pulled! Plus look at his cheek against the stock. If the gun was mid recoil it shoulve been pushing his cheek back.
How expensive is the shotgun he’s holding?
Rest assured, we will never, ever suggest approval or endorsement of the _resident.
Obama is obviously shooting at the trap throwing machine. Since he never did it before and no one has to balls to tell him. Obama figured why waste time waiting for the traps I’ll just go for the nest.
Maybe he is shooting grumpy cat!
Is President Post Turtle a lefty?
I guess he shoots as well as he golfs.