I'm proud of you, Steve. You used the word "feral" without the word "negro" afterwards. Baby steps.
My first comment is this: That's certainly no way for a responsible gun owner and hunter to stow a rifle when not in use with the barrel pointing up in the direction of anyone who might just be walking by.
Nobody is walking by. She is doing the proper thing.
You're full of shit, and you know it. The rifle is there for one reasons, possibly two. First of all, they don't give a damn about gun safety, or safety in general, or practicing responsible gun ownership, or practicing what they preach, or acting in such a way as to project responsible gun ownership and operation to the younger generation who have always been known to be careless or use poor judgment. The gun is there so it can be in the photograph in order to help burnish Palin's fairly shitty reputation, especially in light of her family's drunken brawl back in Alaska a month or two back.
But you know what? Someone like Palin should know better if she's the real deal as far as being a hunter is concerned. Either she doesn't know, or she doesn't give a shit.