Monday, February 04, 2013

The skeet shoot photo op of the President

"The photo, purportedly shot last Aug. 4 (which happens to be the president's birthday), shows Obama holding a shotgun. The barrel is smoking, indicating that the gun has just been fired. What's odd about it is that the president is aiming straight ahead, as if he were firing a rifle at a stationary target.

But in skeet shooting, the target, a disk known as a clay pigeon, is moving. It is launched from one of two "houses" and travels in a parabolic trajectory across the field. In order to hit it, one has to move the gun so as to follow the path of the clay. It's not impossible that one would fire at shoulder level, as Obama is doing in the photo, but it's unlikely. We therefore surmise that the picture is the product of a photo shoot, not a skeet shoot."
Wall St. Journal Feb. 4

Thought as much.  And I’ve never shot a gun.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Murray sez:
I noticed that also. The only way a skeet shooter would be aiming shoulder high is if he was at the start waiting for the clay so he could time it in it's upward arc and THEN fire or he waited too long and it's about to hit the ground. Not good. Anyway, I don't claim to be an avid shooter but I have shot a 12 guage. Never have I seen smoke come out the barrel or off to the side! HMMMM?? Plus the way it's positioned against his shoulder promises to make pain and it's almost impossible to keep the barrel parallel to the ground when firing due to the recoil. I think they need a re-shoot.