ITB - Barack Obama: 'I go shooting all the time' -- The Telegraph, Jon Swaine

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Barack Obama: 'I go shooting all the time'

President Barack Obama has claimed that he goes shooting "all the time", while attempting to reassure American gun-owners that he respects their rights to use firearms.

The Telegraph
Jon Swaine, Washington
1/27/2013

Excerpt:

Amid conservative anger over Mr Obama's proposals to ban assault weapons as part of a drastic overhaul of US gun control laws, the president said that he was a keen clay-pigeon shooter.

Asked in a magazine interview whether he had ever fired a gun, Mr Obama said he did so with guests at the president's rural retreat.

"Up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," he said. "And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations.
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CNN’s Erin Burnett Says President Obama May Be ‘Making Up’ Camp David Skeet-Shooting Pastime

Mediaite
Tommy Christopher
1/28/2013

Excerpt:

President Obama spent years dealing with “Birthers” like Donald Trump, and now, it seems, he has a new set of conspiracists to deal with: “Skeeters” who are convinced that the President was lying when he told The New Republic editors Chris Hughes and Franklin Foer, when asked, if he had ever shot a gun, “Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time.”

Foer followed up by asking, “The whole family?”

The President replied, “Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there. And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake.”

You expect this from the likes of Eric Bolling, but on Monday night’s OutFront, CNN’s Erin Burnett reserved herself a place in the inaugural “Skeeter” club when she told viewers “Obama the skeet shooter. Yeah, I’m not making this up, and if someone is, it isn’t me.”

By “someone,” Burnett means President Obama, who is, after all, the person who identified President Obama as a skeet-shooter.

Burnett played a clip from today’s White House briefing in which CNN’s Jessica Yellin quizzed Press Secretary Jay Carney about the activities at Camp David, and while Yellin did press Carney for photographic evidence of said skeet-shooting, she stopped short of speculating that the President of the United States is a liar.

Yellin asked, “How often does the President go skeet shooting? And are there photographs of him doing so?”

Carney replied, “I would refer you simply to his comments. I don’t know how often. He does go to Camp David with some regularity, but I’m not sure how often he’s done that.”

“Is there a photograph of him doing it?” Yellin pressed.

“There may be,” Carney replied, “but I haven’t seen it.”

“Why haven’t we heard about it before?” Yellin asked.

“Because when he goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs.” Carney replied.
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CNN Plays Birther Card In Obama Skeet Shooting Debate; Mag Pushes Photoshopped Image

Birther Report
1/29/2013

Excerpt:

Republicans question Barack Obama’s skeet-shooting claims - DETAILS - (linked in article).

Mag Pushes Fake Picture of Obama Skeet Shooting - (linked in article)

Video

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Claim: Obama 'Uncomfortable' at Touted Skeet Shoot

Breitbart/Big-Government
Warner Todd Huston
1/30/2013

Excerpt:

In a recent interview, President Barack Obama tried to blow off criticism for his gun control push with a revelation of regular firearm use. "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," he claimed.

As soon as Obama's quote went public, critics expressed incredulity. Fox News' Jana Winter went looking for any eyewitnesses that could corroborate Obama's claim. Winter did find a source who admitted that Obama had once been skeet shooting at Camp David—with the caveat that the President couldn't get away from it fast enough.

Winter's eyewitness told her, "The only time he shot skeet was for President's Cup [a presidential Marine guards competition]. I was there. He stayed for about five minutes, and couldn't leave fast enough."

Winter's source told her skeet shooting is "very hard. Especially for someone not used to guns." The President "couldn't have been more uncomfortable," the individual stated.
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