Recently a picture of Barack Obama surfaced that showed
Obama holding a rifle and taking part in Skeet shooting. Now this is very
controversial after the events of Sandy Hook and the outcry for a gun ban.
Obama has especially been mocked by the National Rifle Association as they have
different views on the gun ban. Now skeet
shooting is a common activity and some families it is tradition. I think many
people are overreacting by this picture as it is simply a man trying to take
part in a hobby. Nobody is getting hurt and it is just good clean fun. Now the
NRA is complaining that Obama is a hypocrite for preaching stricter gun laws background
checks and rifle bans but is shown shooting a rifle in a secure location, I
believe this is outrageous, for the simple reasons that he is the President of
the United States. I mean I hope we haven’t come to the point where we have to
background check our leader. It was a simple supervised activity. I think the
NRA was wrong to even comment on this picture. Now if it was Obama holding a
firearm just anywhere on earth then we all have reason to be worried but thank
the lord it isn't. Tell me what you think, was the NRA wrong for calling Obama
a hypocrite for preaching gun laws and taking part in what is a family
tradition for many people in our country?
I have absolute no problem with skeet shooting and trap shooting and hunting. Having a shotgun or rifle on a secure location or on private property is very different from having a (semi-)automatic on public streets. NRA needs to get their 'stuff' together and come up with real arguments.
ReplyDeleteI agree with John on this. The NRA definitely should come up with something better if they want to argue gun control. I personally don't believe gun control will fix all of the violence that goes on in our world. I believe owning shot guns and rifle fire arms are way different than owning semi-automatic machine guns with 100 round magazines. I agree with you Nicholas that the NRA is way over reacting to a simple and harmless past time.
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