If you are hunting with a companion and that person goes off somewhere, you automatically exercise extra caution when your hunting pal is not within your field of vision. The other thing is that when hunting ANYTHING, you have to look at it and aim to hit it. Now sometimes a hunter makes a lucky shot by aiming at a sound or a sudden movement off in the distance and gets to kill or wound someone. In Colorado we generally attribute such behaviors to Texans. Oh, wait! Never mind... :eyebrow:

Bruce, anytime a person gets shot with a gun in TX it is to be reported to the police. This did not happen. The reporters usually call the local papers to get all that info (police blotter sections I suppose) but it was not reported when they called. So maybe it really wasn't their business but if this had not been an accident (say he snapped and shot a teen) don't you think that's news worthy? Shouldn't it have been reported to the police?

Why wait 18 hours before notifying the press? Could it be that Cheney had to wait for the alcohol to leave his system in case his blood was tested? Did they have to make up a story, because the headline "Cheney shoots republican for not donating enough" looks really bad? Did the accident happen as Cheney leaned on his gun to get up off his knees, from in front of Whittington? :yum: Did Whittington reportedly say "that was the best head I ever got - right up until he shot me in the face"? :eek:

Does the Secret Service qualify as police?
"News worthy" doesn't make it a requirement or obligation. As a matter of fact, news worthy is a pretty nebulous term these days. :lol:

No, but I'm sure it would have been OK fo the secret service to report it to police instead of Cheney himself.

Believe it or not, there are households that don't turn on a TV during Christmas.

However, we do have the DVD.

The hospital is required to report ... they should also be questioned. How did they get the guy to the hospital, though? Toss him in the back of a limo, or call an ambulance? If an ambulance was involved, the police were notified.

According to an article in Rolling Stone:

there are some advantages to hunting with a Veep with a bum ticker. "Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around him and so they were right there," said a spokeswoman. "The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came."

Gotta wonder if the ambulance was on call because of Cheney's heart problems, or because the old fart shouldn't be out hunting.

IMO, he should have said in his best Austin Powers voice and his trademark leer/smile:

"I shagged her rotten baby. Yeah!"

:love:

The White House says it was Whittington's fault.

RE: BigV's post. I see it's time to play Blame the Victim. Nice.

You would think they would have learned from Brownie that you shouldn't blame someone on your team until you are sure of their loyalty.

He may not be doing too well.

He shot a lawyer, give him a medal. ;)

Some say he's setting back the gun owners movement with his irresponsibility.