Scott Wartman

swartman@enquirer.com

If you run for political office in Kentucky, it usually doesn't hurt to have your photo taken while shooting a gun.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, amid his re-election campaign against Democratic Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, will take target practice at Point Blank Range and Gun Shop in Florence on Wednesday afternoon, his campaign announced.

Rand Paul holds a 93 percent rating with the National Rifle Association, according to the nonprofit research organization Project Vote Smart.

It will be the third campaign stop in Northern Kentucky in as many weeks as Paul campaigns around the state.