This one will make for bad optics…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179448/Obama-says-AK-47-rifle-terrorism-communism-belongs-hands-soldiers.html

Obama says AK-47, rifle of terrorism and communism, belongs ‘in the hands of soldiers’

Satire from the new yorker

And then this one too before election 2008

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1034980/New-Yorker-magazine-branded-tasteless-offensive-depicting-Obama-turban-wife-AK47-toting-terrorist.html

Magazine branded 'offensive' for depicting Obama in a turban and his wife as AK47-toting terrorist