Happy Father’s Day: President Obama and his daughter play with toy guns

Daily Caller ^ | June 16, 2013 | Robby Soave

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Wishing Americans a happy Father’s Day, the White House tweeted a picture of President Obama and one of his daughters playing with toy water pistols.

The Tweet comes at a time when several schools around the country—fearful that such toys make kids more prone to violent behavior—have launched trade-in programs that encourage children to exchange their harmless toy guns for chances to win prizes, like books and bicycles.

One such trade-in took place last weekend at Strobridge Elementary in California. Principal Chris Hill, who organized the event, explained that toy guns desensitize kids toward gun violence.

[PghBaldy]

Why do they Tweet an old pic? Did he even spend time with his supposed family? A real father would not spend so much playing golf on weekends when he could be spending time with his family.

[SERKIT]

This is a Photoshop opportunity: Put an NRA Tee-Shirt on the POTUS, then put him in jail for a year like the school kid. Will Barry’s girls be kicked out of Sidwell Friends School for playing with toy guns?

[Java4Jay]

bump

[wildehunt]

Does wearing camo and fantasizing you’re a member of Team 6 also make it OK to run on the pool deck??

[bunkerhill7]

Hell, st put this pic on t-shirts

"Violent Adult With Gun" and sell`em

[dinodino]

What a complete douchebag he is.

[grobdriver]

How insensitive!

[PLD]

While little children are being kicked out of school for sticking their fingers out and pretending it is a gun this ass hole is spitting in our face and playing guns with his kid..

[baddog 219]

I have a 17 year old cousin that got arrested for having a broken water gun in the back of his truck on school grounds... No Kidding!

[baddog 219]

[Servant of the Cross]

A Gun for Me But Not For Thee ...Pres__ent Hypocrisy

[Slings and Arrows]

The gun looks like a Bolt Pistol from Warhammer 40,000. Very fitting for a high-ranking Commissar.

[Secret Agent Man]

That looks like a hi-capacity magazine he has in his gun.

[Pride in the USA]

ping

[Iscool]

This is rich...The President and his daughter pretending to kill each other, with guns...

[lonevoice]

Thanks for the ping. So, the photo is from father's day 2011, but the White House decides to tweet it two years later? It's so obviously intended to be a poke in the eye of conservatives. How pathetic!

[SC_Pete]

Is this one of those semi-news/ semi-satire things?

[tumblindice]

He’s being insensitive to all the victims of gun violence.
His actions in using a gun—toy or not—and arming his child, show a lack of compassion for others.
After the weekend in Chicago and what happened in NYC, well, he’s a racist.
He just doesn’t ‘get it.’

Bailiff—whack his Reggie/Larry lovin’ pee-pee!

[Condor51]

Barry's not holding a 'toy water pistol' in that photo. Nope, not even close. That's his;

Colt-Kimber-Wesson model Z, .67 Cal fully-auto Assault Handgun in gunmetal gray with the Std Presidential Orange 20 Round Magazine and matching Sound Suppressor.

The POTUS uses that gun when he goes on his monthly Tiger Hunts in India and Siberia. "The president is a life long Big Game hunter and likes going Mano-a-mano against the biggest cat in the world". (Jay Carney).

[dirtymac]

That is an assault weapon with a high capacity magazine! !!!