Okay, so it was actually an accidental shooting of a fellow hunter, but may I take a moment to say, “way to be a strong example for safe gun use and ownership, dumbass!”
Since they were hunting quail, it it pretty certain that he was shooting birdshot, not buckshot. It does make a difference.
I wonder if Mr. Whittington was actually allowed to carry his own weapon in the presence of the Secret Service? (And maybe we should assign the Secret Service to defend other people whenever the Pres or Veep are armed and dangerous.)
I wonder when we’ll hear from those who were chiding Kerry for his poor gun safety? I recall some thread where the primary issue was one photo of Kerry which may have shown a portion of the end of the barrel of his gun, and may have suggested that the gun was not 100% pointed down-range.
I don’t know if I did chide Kerry for this. And I don’t know if Cheney was operating his gun in an unsafe manner. You seem to be assuming that he was, which seems like quite a big assumption to make at this point.
If Cheney operated his gun in an unsafe manner, it was the wrong thing to do, and he is fortunate in any case that nobody was killed.
I’ll admit that I find myself mildly amused by Cheney’s involvement in something like this, but I question whether it’s pitworthy. Rather than make any further assumptions, though, I’ll be perfectly naive and ask: why the pit?
Truth be told hunting quail is a situation where the hunters typically follow their quarry with their sights and then fire, that’s why when you’re out hunting you should make sure that if anyone is with you that none of you are possibly in the line of fire of anyone else.
Cheney was being an unsafe hunter, but so was Whittington and the hunting party in general from what I’ve read.
