White House Photo Shows Obama Engaged in Sport Shooting

 　　WASHINGTON — The White House has released a recent photo of President Barack Obama shooting a shotgun, in response to a lawmaker who questioned whether he had ever been skeet shooting.

　　The president's top communications adviser¹, Dan Pfeiffer, sent the picture out Saturday morning on Twitter after critics expressed doubt about Mr. Obama's claim that he goes skeet shooting "all the time."

　　The Tweet, with a link to the photograph, is labeled "POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012."

　　For all the "skeeters": POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012. bit.ly/WlDMYG

　　— Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44) February 2, 2013

　　With the United States engaged in a major debate over limits on gun ownership, the president recently told an interviewer he frequently takes part in the sport.  When The New Republic magazine asked, "Have you ever fired a gun?," he responded, "Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time."

　　Before the photo was released, Republican Representative Marsha Blackburn said, "If he is a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this?  Why have we not seen photos?"

　　Blackburn challenged the president to a shooting competition.  The White House has not responded.

　　Obama has introduced a series of legislative² proposals and executive orders intended to reduce gun violence in the United States, but he has said he strongly supports the Second Amendment³ of the U.S. Constitution, which gives citizens the right to own guns.

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