I know exactly what you're talking about, this isn't it.

Between family and friends, yes totally normal to reminisce the good times and have a smile to relieve tension. In official occasions no. At the very least only because you're not supposed to do that. And I'm not talking about telling a few jokes at the get together, I'm talking cracking a smile during the precession. And especially not with a bunch of strangers before you go on tv asking for money. That act in itself, going on tv a couple of days later (I mean, for what?) is the last thing on your mind in a situation like that, which I'm sure you know.

He's wearing a blue shirt, not a sweater of blue lights. I've never seen an effect that strong and that localized in real life or in pictures before.

If that was the only incident, possible. But here we have 3 different photos from 2 families of people making devil signs. I know Obama likes to do that, but I wouldn't expect the kid to know that and think of that as appropriate behavior when meeting the President after her sister has been killed. I'd also think the editor at the paper would pick any picture besides that, unless he wanted it specifically. I can't remember any old uncles doing it at get togethers either. Maybe some weird freak family, but not a straight family with teachers and social workers, several of which I have in my own family.

I don't know what the media be saying, but I'd say these pictures are clearly staged and/or propped.

Yeah they may act weird and stuff, but they will clearly appear grief stricken. One of my classmates died in a car crash when he was 15. I've seen grief, many different versions of it but this here just isn't it. Not only should his eyes be dead red from crying and sleep deprivation, but he isn't even crying. The reason loved ones usually don't want to hold a damn speech when in pain is because it hurts just thinking about it, much less talking about it in front of cameras.

And who the hell talks about money in a time like this?

I've also seen my share of movies over the years, and imo this is clearly a guy going into character. And it's not just him, it's almost every interview. Lack of tears and emotion, inappropriate smiling and laughing. Never ever have I seen people acting like this in a tragedy and I went to 3 teenage funerals back in school. It took months for them to even mention it. Several of the parents have still not gotten over it, 15 years past.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c2 … family.cnn

Obama wants your guns on the 10th.

Well, let's not pretend it was easy. It did take a second Pearl Harbor to even get it in writing. And you can be sure that the presence of guns plays a part in why the law is currently only being applied to poor brown people. If the fed was to go all german on you and start loading up the camp transports I'd expect that venture to have a significant cost.

Apart from that it's probably nice to be able to defend yourself if needed (us non Americans know little about that), and not feel like some slave waiting for the state to come fill a police report on your corpse, or press charges if you survive it (against you).