Borowitz writes: "The White House's attempt to portray President Obama as a gun user may have had unintended consequences today."
President Obama fires a rifle at Camp David. (photo: Pete Souza)
Gun Sales Soar on Photo of Armed Obama
03 February 13
Andy Borowitz's satirical take on the recently released photo of President Obama firing a rifle is a commentary on the current gun control debate in America. BM/RSN
he White House's attempt to portray President Obama as a gun user may have had unintended consequences today, as a newly released photo of Mr. Obama firing a rifle at Camp David set off a panic of gun buying across the US.
Right-wing opponents of Mr. Obama were behind the frenzied gun sales, saying that they were terrified by the image of an armed and shooting President.
"I don't want to sound paranoid or anything, but now everything Obama has been doing makes sense," said Harland Dorrinson, who was waiting on a blocks-long line outside a West Virginia Wal-Mart. "He wants to take away all our guns and then he's going to come shoot us."
Learning that Mr. Obama only uses his rifle for skeet-shooting did little to calm Mr. Dorrinson: "Somebody owning a gun just for sporting purposes? Yeah, right."
In an effort to stem the panic, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters today that skeet-shooting took up relatively little of the President's time at Camp David, and that his favorite leisure activities were "actually badminton and frisbee."
The White House later released a photo of Mr. Obama putting away his gun and never using it again.
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