In addition to all the cringeworthy stills from Obama’s selfie stick video shoot with BuzzFeed, there’s also this awkward moment:

Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/GJgy5JSK7y — Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 12, 2015

OK, the cheese factor is definitely strong there. But Cooke is right about the gun violence part. How can a president who’s come out so strongly against guns stand there and make shooting gestures in a mirror? How can the gun-grabbing Left not burn with outrage?

Time for the age-old thought exercise:

If that were Bush… RT @charlescwcooke: Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/vuv0IdFyQg — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 12, 2015

Or … if it were a kid:

@charlescwcooke that pistol pose would get him suspended in many elementary schools — Joe Sullivan (@thesullyman) February 12, 2015

@baldingschemer @charlescwcooke Didn't a kid get suspended from school once for making a gun with his hand? — Jeff (@stevenjj2002) February 12, 2015

@charlescwcooke That behavior could get you suspended from most public schools these days. — [email protected] (@844y) February 12, 2015

A 2nd grader w/b suspended RT @charlescwcooke Why is the president glorifying gun violence? Extremely disappointing. pic.twitter.com/8tJptPHHeo — Agam Tapaktuan (@Agam_T) February 12, 2015

kids get kicked out of school for doing just this MT @charlescwcooke: Why is the president glorifying gun violence? pic.twitter.com/4kEiqkidb8 — beth (@dicentric) February 12, 2015

@charlescwcooke how many kids have been suspended from school for doing the same? — Nino (@baldingschemer) February 12, 2015

would get him expelled from grade school MT @charlescwcooke: Why is the president glorifying gun violence? pic.twitter.com/wkecx5U8vs — bitingtea (@bitingtea) February 12, 2015