Hey DUmmies: White House Releases Photo of Obama Shooting a Gun

[Freeper]

Just to be safe because of the warnings I will only post a link to this.

http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/caption-barry-gets-his-gun-t10649.html

If you are on facebook make sure you like the People's cube they post some funny stuff.

[BannedFromDU]

     OK, someone help me out here.

     Skeet shooting involves shooting at something elevated, as if to simulate shooting at a bird. This photo has 0dumbo shooting level, as though he is eliminating the need for a drone by personally shooting Paksitani children at close range. The shotgun merely indicates he would like to shoot as many as possible at once, else he would borrow a handgun from one of the thousands of young black men in his hometown.

     On the other hand, if 0moron wields a gun the way he wields a golf club, he would need a 20-gauge just to wing a Pakistani wedding reception.


     Next, what exactly is the point of the picture in the first place? 0dumbass wants to take guns away, period. How is the picture supposed to endear the asshole to gun owners, exactly? Lurkers: how is this picture an in-your-face to us?


     Let's face it, the only skeet shooting 0dumbass does is the Lil Jon kind, on Hillary's face.

[JohnnyReb]

I so stole this poem.....calpiggy would be proud.

Obowmao:
 This is my rifle,
 this is my gun.
 This one’s for fighting,
 this one’s for Reggie!

[GOBUCKS]

OK, someone help me out here.

Skeet shooting involves shooting at something elevated, as if to simulate shooting at a bird. This photo has 0dumbo shooting level, as though he is eliminating the need for a drone by personally shooting Paksitani children at close range.

There isn't a muslim, nor Kenyan, nor DUmp democrat who knows the difference between skeet and trap. You shoot a lot closer to horizontal at trap.

The jug-eared muslim said they often "do skeet", as if he couldn't bring himself to use the word "shoot".

And he most likely thinks he's shooting a "riffle".

[Skul]

Just to be safe because of the warnings I will only post a link to this.

http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/caption-barry-gets-his-gun-t10649.html

If you are on facebook make sure you like the People's cube they post some funny stuff.

I love that site. It's usually my next stop after CC and Weaselzippers. 

On the photo. Shotgun is mounted in a sloppy manner.
Appears to be "aiming", rather than pointing.
I like ported shotguns.

[marv]

President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."

That's the DUH caveat!

The gun is being held level, not what you'd see at a skeet or trap shoot. Not even at Camp David. It might even be a pellet gun.

Even the photoshopping was crude...

Can anybody identify the gun? But probably should ignore the photoshopped barrel.....

[Duke Nukum]

So first he lies about shooting skeet all the time and then he manufactures the evidence.

0bama, what a beta male! No wonder the stupid love him so much!

[GOBUCKS]

I like ported shotguns.

Not if you're in a duck blind sitting beside one.

Killer muzzle blast.

[Skul]

Not if you're in a duck blind sitting beside one.

Killer muzzle blast.

Yes, I know.  I've only used one with skeet/trap.
Did you happen to notice that only the upper barrel has a choke tube? I find that odd.
Also, arrow in the inset photo appears to be pointing to a rib support block, nothing more.

[Chris_]

I got stuck next to some guy with a muzzle-loader at the gun range.  Every time he fired, I got showered with hot powder.

It wasn't my idea of fun.

[Skul]

I got stuck next to some guy with a muzzle-loader at the gun range.  Every time he fired, I got showered with hot powder.

It wasn't my idea of fun.

Don't stand in front of it.  

Edit to add.
It wasn't exactly the image that I found objectionable, as much as this.....

President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."

[Skul]

  There's more.
A new and exciting OP.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022301491

agracie (230 posts)

I love and admire Prez Obama. I really don't care to see him with a gun . I just don't. I know...
Don't look.

But Prez Obama and a gun, at this point, just seems out of kilter. Anyone else feel a bit uncomfortable? I'm just so weary of the gun thing in general. 1

            ^^^^^^ Doesn't blink an eye if aborted babies are shown.

2. I have no problem seeing him shooting clay pigeons. Y'all clean and cook what you shoot, right?

I was never any good at it because of my wretched eyesight. Stop flinching. Keep the eyes open.

I would have problems seeing him posing like a swaggering wingnut with the gun before or after a round of skeet shooting. You have other problems. Address those first.

[Maxiest]

That's the DUH caveat!

The gun is being held level, not what you'd see at a skeet or trap shoot. Not even at Camp David. It might even be a pellet gun.

Even the photoshopping was crude...

Can anybody identify the gun? But probably should ignore the photoshopped barrel.....

Browning Citori I think.

[thundley4]

My problems with the picture, and I'm no expert on guns or photography, but his right arm looks too sharp and clear against the background.  It almost looks like a greenscreen picture.

I've only shot shotguns and rifles a couple of times, but it felt unnatural to hold the gun up to my cheek, I always kind of tilted and lowered my head to meet the gun halfway sort of.

[Skul]

My problems with the picture, and I'm no expert on guns or photography, but his right arm looks too sharp and clear against the background.  It almost looks like a greenscreen picture.

I've only shot shotguns and rifles a couple of times, but it felt unnatural to hold the gun up to my cheek, I always kind of tilted and lowered my head to meet the gun halfway sort of.

Nah, it's a real photo of someone unfamiliar with firearms, and uncomfortable with them.
Nothing more.
After I commented above, I had another thought about the choke tube.
I have a funny feeling there was only one shell, nothing below. 

[thundley4]

Nah, it's a real photo of someone unfamiliar with firearms, and uncomfortable with them.
Nothing more.
After I commented above, I had another thought about the choke tube.
I have a funny feeling there was only one shell, nothing below. 

His right forearm looks to skinny.  Also, do people wear sunglasses when shooting?  Most pictures show those yellow lensed safety glasses.

[Skul]

His right forearm looks to skinny.  Also, do people wear sunglasses when shooting?  Most pictures show those yellow lensed safety glasses.

Please consider, the guy hasn't really done a days hard work, thus the arms.
Eye protection, is eye protection, regardless of color.
The yellow thing...meh.
I use plain AO aviators.

[NHSparky]

Anybody notice what's wrong with the picture...........?

Good photoshop, but not good enough........

The smoke, for one, coming out of the side of the barrel second...where else would you like to go on this?

[Skul]

The smoke, for one, coming out of the side of the barrel second...where else would you like to go on this?

It's a ported barrel, sir.
Fairly common with skeet/trap guns.
As GOBUCKS mentioned. Not for hunting.

[FiddyBeowulf]

Yes, I know.  I've only used one with skeet/trap.
Did you happen to notice that only the upper barrel has a choke tube? I find that odd.
Also, arrow in the inset photo appears to be pointing to a rib support block, nothing more.

I have a SxS 12 gauge where one bbl is choked. It is a Stevens I got from my dad a bunch of years ago.

[formerlurker]

"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.".....rest assured I do not approve nor endorse the president, the first family or the white house......and he's still wearing those MOM jeans.

I guess I am confused.   A non-classified picture gets posted on a government server (taken by staff on government payroll of a person who is also on the government payroll, on the clock no less) and it is protected?   how exactly?

[Airwolf]

So he shot a shotgun one time. Sorry but he still intends to take our rights away and we will do all we can to stop him. How we got stuck with that loser is beyond me .

[NHSparky]

It's a ported barrel, sir.
Fairly common with skeet/trap guns.
As GOBUCKS mentioned. Not for hunting.

True, but not quite sure why a so much smoke coming from a modern shotgun which would supposedly not look like the damn Space Shuttle being launched.

[Skul]

I have a SxS 12 gauge where one bbl is choked. It is a Stevens I got from my dad a bunch of years ago.

SxS is a side-by-side. Mr. Obama is shooting an O/U, with only the upper having a choke tube. I find that odd.

True, but not quite sure why a so much smoke coming from a modern shotgun which would supposedly not look like the damn Space Shuttle being launched.

Smokeless powder really isn't. Just a lucky shot by the photographer.
It's a real photo of an unfamiliar shooter, taken by a lucky photographer. Nothing more.

[Freeper]

There were a few photo shops of this on facebook.
People are having a lot of fun with this.

http://twitchy.com/2013/02/02/hilarity-ensues-as-twitter-users-caption-and-photoshop-obamas-shooting-photo/