Squirrel!
“Great news: Obama shot a skeet once, or something,” Ed Morrissey writes, linking to the photo currently atop the Drudge Report, which the White House released to prove that, as Matt Drudge exclaims, “Barry Gets His Gun!” *
(You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!)
As Ed adds, “I’ve done plenty of target shooting, but I’ve never gone skeet shooting. Nor is that the reason why most gun owners want their rights respected. The publication of the photo, and especially the defensive attitude of Obama’s advisers, speaks volumes about their insecurity on the gun-rights issue.”
Exactly. Coming after the presidential campaign, it’s a little late, but it’s Obama’s “Can I get me a hunting license here” pander.
To quote from the leitmotif of another family-favorite movie, it’s also yet another example of the Obama administration shouting “Squirrel!” In other words, “It’s a distraction for a few more days when we should be talking about the economy,” David Webb adds at “The Conversation,” Breitbart.com’s new group blog:
You are easily goaded into the wrong argument while Obama runs out the political clock. Post it on facebook and twitter like I did with a sarcastic remark then move back to the economy and other real issues.
This should receive no major media play.
Indeed. But if it does, it should receive some pushback, along the lines of Ben Shapiro’s response to CNN’s Morton Downey Morgan, when Morgan mentioned that former President Reagan once supported a gun control measure near the very end of his public life:
“So?”
* Dalton Trumbo and/or Irving Berlin could not be reached for comment. But Dug the Dog could:
Update: Previous great moments in leftists pandering with guns in photo-ops.
More: Gentlemen, start your Photoshops!
What kind of shotgun is he firing that makes a jet of smoke off to the side like that?
Steven, my question exactly. It is a semi-automatic shotgun, of a type that is frequently converted to police riot guns or close-in military weapons, thus it is gas operated… to have some of the gas blowing out the side is 1. A malfunctioning weapon that can’t be held on target (the gas pulse will push is sideways) or 2. It is a photo-shopped picture done by someone who doesn’t know what she is doing. Can you hear me Valerie??
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If we’re going to accuse the left about being ignorant of firearms we have to not fall into the same trap.
http://www.magnaport.com/sgun.html
Obama’s oh-so-precious skeet photo op distraction (he shoots like he throws a First Pitch) has as much bearing on the 2nd Amendment debate as the TOP SECRET movie’s spoof song “Skeet Surfin’ USA.”
And as much authenticity.
@Steven Den Beste. The gun is ported to reduce recoil. In essence a muzzle brake – making it an assault gun. Hehehe
He has his thumb on top of the stock. The lever allowing the barrels to swing down will generally slam into your thumb. Every experience shooter will keep it out of the way. Nice face position on the stock though.
I’d say its close to the first time he’s used a shotgun.
And aren’t skeet thrown up in the air? This is phonier than Bill Clinton bagging that duck.
Video of Obama’s skeet shooting skill has been located: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk47saogI8o
I’m not a skeet shooter, but isn’t he firing awful low to be hitting something flung into the air?
Ported on the same side as the shooters face? (even a lefty?) normally ported nearer the muzzle.
He looks like a six year-old handling an oversized 12 ga.
Has anyone heard where Harry Whittington has been lately?