{"id":2221,"date":"2013-06-14T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/06\/14\/obama-cancels-safari-to-tanzania\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:15","slug":"obama-cancels-safari-to-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2221","title":{"rendered":"Obama Cancels Safari To Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13357,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hollandandholland.com\\\/pdfs\\\/SportingGuns.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13358,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.westleyrichards.co.uk\\\/GUNS-Double-Rifle&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.westleyrichards.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13359,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/politics\\\/obamas-trip-to-africa-poses-special-challenges-enormous-costs\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/13\\\/29d9270a-cd29-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250715032013\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/politics\\\/obamas-trip-to-africa-poses-special-challenges-enormous-costs\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/13\\\/29d9270a-cd29-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 18:17:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 08:11:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-03 12:54:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-03 12:54:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13360,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.theodore-roosevelt.com\\\/trafrica.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200209094949\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.theodore-roosevelt.com:80\\\/trafrica.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 18:17:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 18:17:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nI know the thought of Barack and Michelle going on safari in Tanzania conjures up confusing images. It does for me. I just can&#8217;t see the anti-gun metrosexual president stalking a lion or shooting a charging Cape Buffalo with his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandandholland.com\/pdfs\/SportingGuns.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holland and Holland<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westleyrichards.co.uk\/GUNS-Double-Rifle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westley Richards <\/a>double rifle in .500 Nitro Express while being urged on by both Michelle and his professional hunter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/obamas-trip-to-africa-poses-special-challenges-enormous-costs\/2013\/06\/13\/29d9270a-cd29-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Washington Post<\/a>, the White House decided to cancel the safari part of his African trip due to &#8220;costs&#8221;. Those costs would include snipers to kill any lion or cheetah that got too close to the First Family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>The president and first lady had also planned to take a Tanzanian safari as part of the trip, which <b>would have required the president\u2019s special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds that could neutralize cheetahs, lions or other animals if they became a threat<\/b>, according to the planning document.<\/p>\n<p>But officials said Thursday that the safari had been canceled in favor of a trip to Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela was held as a political prisoner.<\/p>\n<p>When The Post first asked White House officials about the safari last week, they said no final decision had been made. A White House official said Thursday that the cancellation was not related to The Post\u2019s inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have a limitless supply of assets to support presidential missions, and we prioritized a visit to Robben Island over a two-hour safari in Tanzania,\u201d said spokesman Josh Earnest. \u201cUnfortunately, we couldn\u2019t do both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Internal administration documents circulated in April show that the Obama family was scheduled to go to both Robben Island and the safari park, according to a person familiar with the plans.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;I&#8217;m sure President Theodore Roosevelt is spinning in his grave. After all, when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theodore-roosevelt.com\/trafrica.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he went on safari<\/a> it was for more that two hours and, by God, he carried his own rifle which was a Winchester 1895 in .405 Winchester.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1895-title.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1895-title.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know the thought of Barack and Michelle going on safari in Tanzania conjures up confusing images. 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