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The gun lobby sees something darker in the episode.
"One picture does not erase a lifetime of supporting every gun ban and every gun-control scheme imaginable," said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association.
On “Fox News Sunday,” NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre charged that Obama’s aim is to confiscate law-abiding citizens’ rifles, shotguns, and handguns.
"During the campaign, when he said to people, 'I will not take away your rifle, shotgun, handgun,' they leafleted the country with flyers like this, 'Obama's not gonna take your gun,' 'Obama will protect gun rights,' ” Mr. LaPierre said. “And now he's trying to take away all three."
The flap over Obama’s gun-toting photo – at least one Republican lawmaker (Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee) has challenged him to a skeet-shooting competition at Camp David – comes as gun violence seems to be dominating the news.
The hostage standoff in Alabama, which began with the shooting death of a school bus driver, was into its sixth day Sunday. Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle – said to be “the most lethal sniper in US military history” with 160 confirmed kills in Iraq – was shot and killed at a Texas gun range Saturday.
