Yeah, riiiiight.
Obama Discusses Gun Control, Tells The New Republic ‘We Do Skeet Shooting All The Time’
HuffPo: Less than two weeks after unveiling several recommendations for increased gun control, President Barack Obama is letting his constituents know that he understands the cultural divide.
In an interview with The New Republic, Obama refers to the “reality” of urban and rural differences on the guns issue.
“If you grew up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were ten, and you went out and spent the day with him and your uncles, and that became part of your family’s traditions, you can see why you’d be pretty protective of that,” the president said. “So it’s trying to bridge those gaps that I think is going to be part of the biggest task over the next several months. And that means that advocates of gun control have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes.”
Obama added to that perspective by admitting that he has fired a gun. “Up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time,” he said.
Back on Jan. 16, Obama placed the gun control responsibility in the hands of Washington, delivering a series of executive orders. His plans ranged from criminal background checks on all gun sales, to a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, to a 10-round limit on all ammunition magazines. “To make a real and lasting difference, Congress must act,” Obama said. “And Congress must act soon.”
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You buying this? I’m not. If he really did skeet shooting we would have seen a picture already as he loves tweeting pictures of himself. Apparently not even HuffPo SuperUsers are buying it either. Some of their comments:
- Barackis… please sit down now…. you are a divider, not a uniter…
- It would be nice if libs stopped making this about hunting….the original intent deals with tyranny and today you can add self defense.
- He doesn’t know which end of the shotgun to hold.
- DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO.
- Obama still thinks this is some urban vs rural thing. That just goes to show how out of touch he is with gun culture.
- Aw shucks, SEE..He’s just one of the guys!….This makes it all different now…
- I love the hunting analogy from a constitutional scholar!
I tried to find out how many times Obama has been to Camp David and although I couldn’t find the exact amount, it has been quite substantially less times than Bush and dramatically less times than Obama has golfed.
Funny how after being president for four years we are just now hearing how he does skeeting shooting when he’s trying to implement strict gun control laws. What a coincidence…
DCG