President Obama Shoots Gun: Here's Pictorial Proof

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Nina Frazier Hansen
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President Obama Shoots Gun: Here's Pictorial Proof

Pics or it didn't happen. That's what some on the Internet called out after President Obama told the New Republic, in an interview released on January 27, that he had gone skeet shooting at Camp David.

Obama shoots skeet a lot. "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," the President told Franklin Foer and Chris Hughes. He went on to talk about his respect for hunting culture and traditions of the United States, and touched on gun control and the his attempts to bridge the ideology gaps between Republicans and Democrats during his second term.

In response to some commenters disbelief and inability to imagine the President shooting at clay pigeons, the White House quickly posted this photo on their official Flickr account.

The photo was taken on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Camp David. Looks like President Obama is a lefty and has a tight square stance. Nice shot, Mr. President.

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