McConnell Won’t Say If He Owns a Gun

“The normally sharp-shooting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may have misfired on Thursday when he took to the stage at the Conservatives Political Action Conference brandishing a gun,” the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

“The gun was actually an award from the National Rifle Association for Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) who is retiring because of medical problems. But the image of McConnell walking out, waving the gun over his head, went viral.”

“It shouldn’t surprise anyone that he didn’t look natural. A search of Courier-Journal archives and the Internet found no other photos of McConnell holding a gun… His campaign refused to say if McConnell hunts, shoots targets or even owns a gun…”