Saturday, February 02, 2013

A picture of a black guy with a gun that will freak out the conservatives even more than usual.

Photo courtesy of Buzzfeed
After Obama mentioned that he had indeed handled a gun while skeet shooting at Camp David in a recent interview, the Right Wing went nuts demanding a picture.

So now they have one.

The Republicans have made much of the fact that they doubt very seriously that the President does any skeet shooting, and if he did it was a rare occurrence. But the President NEVER said he engaged in skeet shooting with any frequency.

Here is the exchange as it was reported in the New Republic:  

FF: Have you ever fired a gun? 

Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time. 

FF: The whole family? 

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.

Note that the questions was "Have you ever fired a gun?" To which the President replied that "Yes, in fact up at Camp David, WE do skeet shooting all of the time."

The President really never said that HE did it all of the time, and in fact pointed out that it was guests who were engaging in the activity. I never took that to man that the President was trying to pass himself off as some kind of champion skeet shooter, only that he had indeed engaged in the sport.

But as we all know this picture will do little to silence the anti-Obama folks, so I offer yet another picture of Obama brandishing a gun.

I would also like to point out that he is clearly in the middle of a combat situation, so take THAT Right Wing!

45 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:18 PM

    he's shooting the shot gun 'left handed' like me, which will be about all they will have to criticize. but you KNOW they will be looking for something, ANYTHING!

    bill in belize

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    1. Anonymous1:45 PM

      They say that for skeet shooting, he would actually have to point the gun up into the air...
      From what I understand, there is a type of HIGH skeet shooting, as well as a type of LOW skeet shooting, and the latter seems to be what POTUS is practicing in that picture...

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    2. It would not matter if there was video of him shooting and hitting whatever it is a 'skeet' is, the GOP would contend it was a one-time, doctored video blah blah blah. Have you noticed that the black community has been fairly silent during this whole fake discussion of gun control?

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    3. Anonymous9:21 PM

      "Black community has been fairly silent during this fake discussion of of gun control..."

      As well as the American communities of Jews, LGBT, Arab-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Latinos, and most Caucasian European-Americans represented within the Democratic Party, among with political Independents and moderate Republicans.

      The only ones whining and frothing at the mouth are the Neanderthal Party of Tea Baggers & Birchers, financed by the NRA, Koch Bros., and their goons and media shills. Most are white, except the Allen West types, but all are fake conservatives and all are unhinged, suffering from acute ODS.

      Don't infer that their common link is being white or even being gun owners. Their commonality is that they are just a bunch of ignorant, sister-fucking rednecks, very few of which are represented in any of the groups mentioned above.

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    4. Super Fan In Atlanta7:28 AM

      There is this thing called target practice that positions a target directly in front of you to help adjust your line of sight with your weapon before engaging in actual firing activity. As a former military weapons trainer for the Army . . . I'm just saying.

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  2. Anonymous1:29 PM

    I am waiting for the mainstream media to do some investigative reporting - the real thing - into the influence of the Koch Brothers, the role of ALEC in recent laws enacted at the state level all over the country, how Grover Norquist became more important that an oath to uphold the Constitution for Republicans. I am not holding my breath, however, because I'd die in the meantime. The nonsense from the media over skeet shooting when we have members of Congress who can ignore the murder of little children because they are so cravenly indebted to the NRA is just sickening.
    Beaglemom

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    1. Anonymous3:23 PM

      Unfortunately, the mainstream media is owned by corporations which have too much in common with the Koch brothers. Their slimy little tentacles of power and influence are long enough to give us all nightmares.

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  3. Pat in MA1:31 PM

    loved the tweet by David Plouffe:
    “Attn Skeet birthers. Make our day—let the Photoshop conspiracies begin!”

    Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, no wait, - Benghazi-gate, Skeet-gate, Yup, GOP priorities....

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    1. Anonymous3:24 PM

      But...but...but...

      That whole 'jobs' thing is SOOO 2010!

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  4. Anonymous1:36 PM

    Yeah, but you can just hear the conspiracy theories starting.......his face is partially obscured so it was really someone else, it was photoshopped with his head put in, blah, blah, blah..... they won't believe it. Just like the birth certificate it supposedly won't be real or enough.

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    1. Anonymous3:24 PM

      I confess to thinking that the angle seemed a little low for skeet. But the aerial photo of the Camp David Skeet range and some analysis of the President's probable location took care of that.

      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/02/1184211/-Debunking-the-Skeeters

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    1. Anonymous9:27 PM

      The Tea Baggers now have the Skeet Lickers to keep them company. There's a lot of overlap between the two groups.

      So lap it all up, Baggers and Lickers.

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  6. Anonymous1:37 PM

    So will they walk it back?

    WaPo Fact-Checker Demands Multiple Skeet-Shooting Photos To Clear President Obama Of Lying
    The impulse of ostensibly objective media to assume that President Obama is a liar until proven innocent continues, as Washington Post “fact-checker” Glenn Kessler has now published a one-sided “fact check” of the President’s straightforward statement that “yes,” he has “shot a gun,” and that he and his guests “do skeet-shooting all the time” at Camp David. With absolutely no evidence to the contrary, and while ignoring evidence that supports what the President said, Kessler ruled the claim “verdict pending,” but added “if the White House is not forthcoming with additional evidence, then the claim becomes increasingly doubtful.”

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/wapo-fact-checker-demands-multiple-skeet-shooting-photos-to-clear-president-obama-of-lying/

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-white-houses-curious-silence-about-obamas-claim-of-skeet-shooting/2013/01/30/be78bb10-6b35-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_blog.html

    Nope, it's just a new conspiracy theory by the wingnuts:

    'Skeet Birthers' Freak Out Over President Obama Shooting Picture

    http://www.politicususa.com/conservatives-jumped-skeet-gate-shark.html

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    1. Chella4:41 PM

      Nothing the president says or does will ever change the hard rights opinion of the man, he will always be that radical, socialist, Marxist Kenyan who is running the country into the ground in order to overthrow the good hearted rill 'mericans.

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    2. Anonymous9:30 PM

      It's called doubling down on stupid. Again.

      God, these bagger idiots make it so easy to point and laugh at their continuous stupidity.

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  7. Anonymous1:40 PM

    Oh, I love the pool!
    The cons have already photoshopped the image of POTUS shooting the constitution up....fucking idiots that they are...but are OUTRAGED about this....
    the BeerFarts and all the Cons are OUTRAGED!
    A Facebookpage that Facebook refuses to take down!
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-hate-it-when-I-wake-up-and-Sarah-Palin-is-still-alive/129929197021040?v=wall
    "I hate when I wake up in the morning and Sarah Palin is still alive"
    They are OUTRAGED! Everyone go join the page :)
    You know all the Vile shit they spew about POTUS...but they are crying their eyes out about That page....
    http://bit.ly/X40Etd
    BerrFart has it but I won't like to those fucks. (You know the defunct blog of beerfart)
    Funny their idiot "outrage".

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    1. Chella5:04 PM

      I left some comments under the 'anonymous' moniker.

      See if you can figure out which are mine :)

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  8. Anonymous1:41 PM

    Love the photo by the pool! Thanks!
    I also appreciate your parsing of the President's response to the gun question.

    Did you see Jon Stewart's bit on "Obama: Skeet Fighter"? It's well worth checking out if you missed it.

    http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-31-2013/skeet-fighter

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  9. Olivia1:59 PM

    I saw a headline on Yahoo saying that the timing of the photo was suspect. For fuck's sake, what the hell do they want? They want a photo, they get a photo, the photo doesn't prove anything, the photo is shopped, the photo doesn't mean he can shoot...big fucking babies.
    All of this, every single thing that the President has to put up with illustrates the saying that a black man has to work twice as hard as a white man, produce twice as much as a white man, be twice as good as a white man to be considered a tenth as good as a white man.
    All these fucking bigots have done is prove that this man looks like superman next to anyone they compare him with.

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    1. Anonymous2:47 PM

      Well said, those are my exact thoughts.

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    2. Anonymous3:14 PM

      Not all the language I would have used, but I agree. I am sick and tired of this nonsense.

      Elizabeth 44

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    3. Anonymous3:29 PM

      He's still playing three-dimensional chess while they had to resort to Candyland because they couldn't figure out how to play checkers.

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    4. The photo was actually taken August 2012.

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  10. Anonymous2:45 PM

    This is the man with power to unleash nuclear weapons. If some people can get in a tizzy about his skeet shooting, they are just demonstrating that their own idiocy.

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  11. Anonymous2:47 PM

    Somehow I think that the gun storage and gun handling safety at Camp David far exceeds anything the NRA might think is acceptable.

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    1. Anonymous3:30 PM

      This one made me laugh out loud.

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  12. Anonymous2:48 PM

    Sarah Palin is not going to be able to handle this. She's going to try out photo-op with bigger guns and more tits.

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    1. Maybe she'd better stop and think. We do have video of her pretending to know how to shoot whatever it is that finally took that drugged caibou down for her fake TV show.

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    2. The first thing I thought when I saw that photo was that Obama looks more competent with a gun than Sarah does.

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  13. Yeah yeah...we knew the RW trolls were going to go all "birther" on any picture the President posted of him skeet shooting...that's the new normal now...but that ain't what the nuts at the Asylum are talking about today! They are in the midst of tearing up the "Day Room" (Open Thread) over the usual foolishness of....who is the dumbest Palin "fan" on Conservatives4Palin!

    I have been laughing myself something awful over their antics! If you need a laugh...that is the place to be...I'm going to have to rename the place the "Funny Farm" cause the hilarity CAN'T BE STOPPED!

    Uh Baldy...I know you're reading here...wonky eye and all...you might want to send your cradle robbing brother over their to re-focus them on sending you their recycling and bottom of the pocket book change...your "base" needs another "God" tweet otherwise the Asylum is going to be in tatters! LOL!!!

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    1. Chella5:22 PM

      oh miss gina, you always bring such a smile to my face, what a funny lady!

      I'll have to go check out the Funny Farm, I need a good laugh!

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    2. Anita Winecooler6:08 PM

      Welcome back, I missed your comments!

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    3. You know, I actually had to give the NRA credit that they didn't scream "photoshop!" at first (not yet, anyways, sighhhhhh) and instead just stuck their noses in the air and critiqued President Obama's stance.
      Also-- Gina, you byatch! Now I'm curious to go over to the Sea of Pee to read up their antics. And I'm sure the blind allegiance is going to drive me to drink (good thing I bought wine today!). Join me in a glass? lol

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    4. They're claiming obama's immigration speech cost taxpayers $527 per word. They say that it cost $1.6 million for the President to fly to Las Vegas to make the speech. I... wow. Ok, skipping over to share some of the more redonkulous comments with you all:

      "Nothing makes [the media] madder by Sarah refusing to engage them down in the cesspool of their level." because Sarah never sneaks on to the blogs and lets loose with her harpy word salad. She's too high class for the cesspool of the blogosphere LOL.

      "the reason Sarah can't be stopped? She makes politics FUN!!!" pretty sure she stopped being in politics when she QUIT as governor-- when it wasn't fun for her anymore.

      "Reminds me of that movie The Shining. Those who don't have the gift, can't accept or understand. The few who do, either respect or fear the power. She 'shines' and that is a fact." It's true: the flying monkeys officially think their goddess has superpowers.

      "Sarah Palin is more popular than ever! Now leave the same way you came in: right through the bottom of the door way, carpet muncher!!" What a great way to chase off trolls: insult their sexuality. Sarah really taught y'all how to be compassionate.

      "You WILL hear from her. She's the only political figure who has the balls to tell the truth. WInston Churchill had to cross the desert as well." Sarah is now compared to Churchill, wow. We got telepathy, sainthood, and now a Churchill comparison.

      "Hitlery's corrupt to the core, too. Sarah's the exact opposite." Oh yeah. They JUST went there and called Hillary Clinton Hitler. I suppose they did have a point, though-- Sarah IS the exact opposite of the ridiculously intelligent Hillary.

      "Sarah has a natural talent of recognizing & sensing evil when she sees it." More supernatural powers! She's got a sixth sense! Well, she'll never be without a job, she could charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to schools to walk through and sense the child molesters and the psychopaths wanting to shoot everyone up. Why hasn't she done this already???

      "Moral bankruptcy or lack thereof is a disease that is an inherent part of the left's DNA." Or lack of moral bankruptcy?? LOL. This is my favorite so far. The left's DNA is either overflowing with morality or it's bankrupt of such! But it's definitely one of those!

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    5. LOL@ Marz! Did you just call me a "byatch" or "beyonce"? HeHe...just playin! Did I say the nuts were extra nutty today or what? This exchange almost had me peeing (natch!) on myself!

      First a soap opera re-cap...while laid up with some nasty ass bug that I caught after coming back from NYC/DC...to pass the time away and keep my humor up...I read the Asylum...well one day I read some stern ass warning from one of the "Staff"(moderators) to stop insulting each other because some of the "regular patients"(long time crazies) were passing notes(sending emails) to the "Staff" and pleading with them to ban some folks and arguing that they were "trolls"(all commenters over there) who were saying insulting things about Baldy(telling the truth).

      Apparently one of these "trolls" was somebody by the name of AZWannabe...apparently AZ (or ASS as I like to call her) made a big speech(left a comment) about leaving the Asylum after seeing the video of Baldy's corpse being dragged around at car show by her pimp a few weeks back. But alas...the crazy is strong with Ass and she came back under a new name AZStandingby(still an ASS though!) anyway she left this ditty on the "Day Room"(Open Thread) bullentin board...

      "AZStandingBy Today 06:10 PM
      There seems to be a disagreement at this site as to what constitutes "true"support of Sarah versus what constitutes a "concern troll". Since I have been labeled a concern troll, let me put this out there.
      Sarah is the first politician I have ever connected with or donated money to. I believe she is what politicians should be. I am not a troll. Never have been. I come here to discuss politics of the day from a Pro Palin point of view. But since I have been "outed" as a concern troll, let me try and define one.I have moments of lost hope that Sarah has a plan to take up the mantle of conservative leader.I recognize that faith is what drives Sarah. But faith is not a part of my everyday life.I am Pro Life personally , pro choice politically.
      I defend conservatives who are perceived as competition for Sarah since we can’t throw everyone under the bus.
      I question such things as her stand on LOST. I want to hear her speak more on specific issues.I don’t like her taste in shoes or clothes.I’m blunt. I don’t mince words. I don’t know any of you.None of this is personal.Sarah will need all kinds of supporters.
      So this troll is here to stay."

      End of Part 1(yep..there's more)

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    6. Part 2

      Uh oh...so this comment of course did not go over very well and Ass's mortal enemy "TheresaAK" (of course) had this to say...

      "TheresaAK Today 03:18 PM
      The other night after I left the thread,,,the one who called herself AZwannabe. but came back as AZstanding or whatever, showed up on the thread and began to attack me...

      Now, this poster claimed it had "put up with Theresa and her ilk since 2009"

      How interesting, I thought...in 2009 I was battling Sarah Palin Haters and trolls on Gretawire...that is "my ilk". ...so before Stacey and the Gang ban me as she just did Polarbearpapa, I guess it's time to say goodbye up front and say how sorry I am that C4P would rather have concerned trolls and those who snark about Sarah, than those who fully support Sarah.

      And back at you AZstandingalone....I remember well battling "your ilk"...

      To my friends, see you around Conservative Sites along the way..."

      OH SNAP! But poor "Theresa"...her diatribe didn't sit well with the "Staff"(moderator) because homie had this to say....

      "StacyDrake Today 03:31 PM in reply to TheresaAK
      Polarbearpapa was not banned. He's either having technical problems or you're being dishonest.

      And this statement "C4P would rather have concerned trolls and those who snark about Sarah, than those who fully support Sarah"... is completely false and insulting."

      And that ladies and gentlemen was "TheresaAK"(of course) last comment (until she changes her mind) at the Funny Farm today!

      Now this is what made me scream in laughter to the point where I had to bust out the ole inhaler...courtesy of Mr "Polarbear" himself...why he sounded like whining ass Frank Burns ( of MASH) I couldn't tell ya'....

      "Polarbearpapa 30 minutes ago in reply to AZStanding

      By\You two (AZ and A1) are the worst...absolute worst Sarah supporters I have ever seen.......now go tell the moderator what I said...."

      SNICKER....SNORT....BWAhahahahahahahahaha.....GASP....*GinaM grabbing her trusty inhaler*.....WHEW...that was close y'all! LOL!

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    7. @Gina holy shit, they are totally eating themselves alive! LOL

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  14. The media believed Sarah Palin was the world's best shooter - when she didn't even know which end of a gun was up - let alone how to load it - but the blah guy in the White House - he is just a wimp.

    The so called WH Press Corps are water carriers for the GOP every single day.

    PS The Sea is falling into despair - their heroine is way too smart to be a senator - she is executive material - seems to be the latest great hope.

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  15. Phoenix seems like a really shitty place to be living right now; another drive by
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/02/phoenix-drive-by-shooting-woman-killed_n_2606914.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

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  16. Anonymous6:46 PM

    It's always amazing how the Republican party has to constantly counter anything President Obama says or does. They need proof! My ass!! Think of all the bullshit that President Bush did and didn't do and they assuredly never called him on it. Bush should be in jail along w/Cheney!

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  17. Anonymous7:11 PM

    I'm a former Marine and current active gun shooter. Obama's stance in that shot is perfect. His hand placement, grip on the weapon, his cheek weld, sightline and his posture are absolutely perfect. That picture shows a man clearly comfortable shooting a long weapon and don't let anyone tell you different.

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  18. Anonymous7:12 PM

    I am a former firearms instructor and also former US Army. His form is perfect. Particularly his cheek weld; he is glued to the stock and his head remains upright, not canted or angled.

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  19. Anonymous7:41 PM

    Talking Points Memo has posted a copy of the NRA's 'enemies' list.

    I can understand why the NRA would be concerned about leftist organizations like the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the United States Catholic Conference.

    Then there are the commie, soshalist radicals like Barry Manilow, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett and Geraldo.

    And don't forget those dangerous librul companies like Sara Lee, Hallmark Cards and the Christian Publishing Society.

    I think the only names NOT on this list are Rush, Newt and Dubya. Sheesh!!!

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/02/good_lord_is_this_awesome.php?ref=fpblg

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    1. Anonymous10:31 PM

      NRA Enemy Andy Williams died in September, 2012.

      Was the NRA leadership involved in the death of Andy Williams? I seriously doubt it, because LaPierre and his band of punks would've been afraid to approach a real man in person. Andy was a young 84 years old, and LaPierre had good reason to fear Andy because Andy would've kicked the ever-loving sh*t out of him. But LaPierre and his body guards are just a bunch of cowardly blow-hards.

      LaPierre is not supported by the majority of the NRA Members by any stretch of the imagination, but merely the leaders humping the leg of the gun manufacturers, and the minority consisting of the fringe gun goons w/i the NRA like the Nugent poopy pants coward and other faux sportsmen. The NRA has been padding its number of members for several years by not purging their membership lists. For instance, my mother still receives mail from the NRA ((and those who rent NRA mailing lists) addressed to my father, a former Lifetime member who has been dead for 12 years, even after she's sent in requests to curtail these mailings multiple times and even expressing her request for them to update their records in the annual "surveys" which they don't seem to read.

      The NRA is losing members left and right, especially among the true sportsmen who have been long-term members, who are realizing that they are no longer supported by these few lying, Obama-hating idiots running the NRA. In my family and those of my siblings, the NRA has just lost 9 lifetime members who have chosen to recind our memberships rather than ever be associated with this organization under the current group of clowns leading the group. They can shove their decal and their lying, biased propaganda up their a**es, if the Koch Brothers and ALEC will just allow them a little room to squeeze in there with them.

      Former Lifetime NRA Member
      Current Sportsman/Hunter and owners of Rifles, Shotguns, and a pistol.
      Lifetime Advocate of Proper Safe Gun Handling and Storage
      Independent Voter (Former GOP supporter)
      Responsible Parent who stores guns in a gun safe out of the access of thieves or children
      Did I mention FORMER NRA LIFETIME MEMBER?


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