

The White House caption accompanying the photo by Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, notes: “President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. The photo released Friday shows smoke coming from the barrel as Obama holds the gun against his left shoulder. “When he goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs.” “There may be, but I haven’t seen it,” the spokesman said. On Monday, Jay Carney was asked whether there was a photo of Obama shooting. That prompted snickering from some of the president’s conservative critics and questions for the president’s press secretary. “Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there.” “We do skeet shooting all the time,” the president said.

Obama, in an interview published by the New Republic, claimed that had used a gun at the Camp David presidential retreat.

Facing questions about President Obama’s experience with firearms, the White House has released a photo of the chief executive in the act of firing one. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
