UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

White House releases pic of Obama with gun

|
 
Published: Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:16 PM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The White House has posted a photo of President Barack Obama firing a gun, days after skeptics doubted his claim of skeet-shooting at Camp David, Md.

The photo shows the president, just after pulling the trigger, firing at clay targets in August, The Washington Post reported.

The president's shooting abilities became an issue when he was asked in an interview with The New Republic if he had ever used a gun.

"Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," he responded.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., suggested on CNN this week the president was being deceptive.

"If he is a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos?" she asked. "I think he should invite me to Camp David, and I'll go skeet shooting with him. And I bet I'll beat him."

"One picture does not erase a lifetime of supporting every gun ban and every gun control scheme imaginable," the National Rifle Association said Saturday in a statement issued to NBC News.

Topics: Camp David, Barack Obama, Marsha Blackburn
© 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 18
Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
View Caption
A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
fark
Man kills self in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Tour guide not surprised, says he had a hunch back...
Photoshop these munching marmots
High school teacher put on suspension after touching student with a banana. "That is disgusting,...
Want to buy a blood sample that came from Mahatma Gandhi? It is up for auction in London
Ron Paul says, Fix the IRS by Shutting It Down 'once and for all'. Ron Farking Paul
Don't you love it when you buy an old watch at a garage sale for $40 and it turns out to be the...