To back up President Barack Obama's statement that he goes skeet shooting regularly, which some Republicans questioned, the White House released this photo of Obama firing a gun at Camp David in August. See more commanders in chief taking advantage of their right to bear arms.
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To back up President Barack Obama's statement that he goes skeet shooting regularly, which some Republicans questioned, the White House released this photo of Obama firing a gun at Camp David in August. See more commanders in chief taking advantage of their right to bear arms.
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George W. Bush hunts for doves in Hockley, Texas, in September 1994.
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George W. Bush hunts for doves in Hockley, Texas, in September 1994.
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George H.W. Bush and oil heir William Farish check out a quail hunt at Lazy F Ranch in Texas in January 1989.
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George H.W. Bush and oil heir William Farish check out a quail hunt at Lazy F Ranch in Texas in January 1989.
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Ronald Reagan watches as his wife, Nancy, aims a rifle at their ranch in Malibu, California, in 1954.
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Ronald Reagan watches as his wife, Nancy, aims a rifle at their ranch in Malibu, California, in 1954.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower totes a gun on a quail hunting trip at the plantation of his first secretary of the Treasury, George Humphrey, in Georgia in January 1961.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower totes a gun on a quail hunting trip at the plantation of his first secretary of the Treasury, George Humphrey, in Georgia in January 1961.
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Harry S. Truman holds a bird on a hunting trip in Missouri in January 1930.
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Harry S. Truman holds a bird on a hunting trip in Missouri in January 1930.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt fires at the Marine Corps rifle range in Maryland in 1917.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt fires at the Marine Corps rifle range in Maryland in 1917.
President Calvin Coolidge fires a gun as his wife, Grace Goodhue, photographs him circa 1925.
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President Calvin Coolidge fires a gun as his wife, Grace Goodhue, photographs him circa 1925.
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Theodore Roosevelt wields a Winchester rifle in this portrait taken in an artificial forest setting, circa 1900.
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Theodore Roosevelt wields a Winchester rifle in this portrait taken in an artificial forest setting, circa 1900.
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Grover Cleveland hunts for ducks in January 1880.
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Grover Cleveland hunts for ducks in January 1880.
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Benjamin Harrison poses with a gun in this portrait, circa 1880s.
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Benjamin Harrison poses with a gun in this portrait, circa 1880s.
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