Obama goes skeet shooting

The White House on Saturday, February 3, released and pushed a photo of President Barack Obama shooting skeet in Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland. The photo shows Obama in jeans, wearing sunglasses, and firing a shotgun wedged against his left shoulder. It was seen as an attempt by White House aides to end distractions coming from his critics who were skeptical about claims he was a skeet or clay target shooter. Obama is set to rally public support for his agenda to tighten gun laws. Skeet shooting is a sport that originated early in the 20^th century when hunters were looking for ways to improve their marksmanship. Clay targets, according to the Washington Post, are launched at different heights and travel across the shooter’s field of vision.

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