"Candidates from both parties packing heat in campaign ads"

From the Washington Times:

Republicans, and even some Democrats, in a dozen states are showing off their shooting skills in videos and television ads or posing with firearms in mailers, underscoring the backlash against federal and state proposals to restrict access to guns and ammunition. 

This year’s tone was set by Republican Joni Ernst, who won the Iowa Senate primary in June after running a television ad that shows her firing at a bull’s-eye at a shooting range while promising to “unload” on Obamacare. She now faces Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley. 

“Give me a shot,” quips Ms. Ernst in the ad. 

The Iowan is by no mean the only one locked, loaded and ready for her close-up. . . .