Should Dick Cheney be allowed to use a gun?

Spexxvet · 11-01-2006, 09:21 AM

They say "guns don't shoot people, people shoot people". Since The Big Dick shot his friend Harry in the face, should he ever be allowed to handle a gun again?

MaggieL · 11-01-2006, 09:23 AM

If you have an auto accident, should you be allowed to drive?

glatt · 11-01-2006, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

If you have an auto accident, should you be allowed to drive?

If the accident is your fault, sometime your license is taken away, and you are forbidden to drive.

But you don't have to pass any sort of skills based test to use a gun. No license to take away.

MaggieL · 11-01-2006, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

If the accident is your fault, sometime your license is taken away, and you are forbidden to drive.

Based on what I know about the incident in question, the fellow struck by the shotgun pellets was essentially jaywalking. Not exactly the kind of accident that causes licence revocations or rises to criminal negligence. Revoking a driver's licence is a criminal matter.

MaggieL · 11-01-2006, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

But you don't have to pass any sort of skills based test to use a gun.

Depends on the kind of gun, how it's used, and the jursidiction. Are you proposing that Cheny's hunting licence be revoked? That would follow your analogy.

wolf · 11-01-2006, 11:00 AM

Harry is a bad example, because it was his poor shooting discipline that lead to his taking a face full of birdshot.

Shawnee123 · 11-01-2006, 11:03 AM

I was looking for an option that said something like "no, unless he's hunting with Dub"

Spexxvet · 11-01-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

Based on what I know about the incident in question, the fellow struck by the shotgun pellets was essentially jaywalking. Not exactly the kind of accident that causes licence revocations or rises to criminal negligence. Revoking a driver's licence is a criminal matter.

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

still blaming the victim, I see.

skysidhe · 11-01-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I was looking for an option that said something like "no, unless he's hunting with Dub"

Elspode · 11-01-2006, 11:59 AM

I don't think the Veep should be allowed to do anything besides playing with Legos in a padded cell.

11-01-2006, 12:21 PM

11-01-2006, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Harry is a bad example, because it was his poor shooting discipline that lead to his taking a face full of birdshot.

Yeah, its right there in the Texas hunting laws (Sec T14 subparagraph 3). "Dick Cheney is allowed to ignore the first rule of hunter safety and point his gun and shoot without seeing his target." As Joan Didion once wrote, "I avoid careless people. It takes two to make an accident."

MaggieL · 11-01-2006, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I don't think the Veep should be allowed to do anything besides playing with Legos in a padded cell.

And here we thought it was only Republicans who would lock you up for your politics.

Flint · 11-01-2006, 12:51 PM

The Republicans aren't joking.

Elspode · 11-01-2006, 01:15 PM

I want *the Republicans* to lock him up. He can still cash his under the table Halliburton checks over the Internet.

View Poll Results: Should Dick Cheney be allowed to use a gun, ever again?
Yes, there should be no restrictions on The Big Dick	2	20.00%
Yes, but only when he's in Texas	1	10.00%
No, but that won't stop him	3	30.00%
No, he made the one mistake he's allowed	1	10.00%
No, and duck if he's within 10 feet of one	3	30.00%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

11-01-2006, 09:21 AM	#1
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Should Dick Cheney be allowed to use a gun? They say "guns don't shoot people, people shoot people". Since The Big Dick shot his friend Harry in the face, should he ever be allowed to handle a gun again? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-01-2006, 09:23 AM	#2
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11-01-2006, 11:00 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Harry is a bad example, because it was his poor shooting discipline that lead to his taking a face full of birdshot. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-01-2006, 11:03 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I was looking for an option that said something like "no, unless he's hunting with Dub" __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-01-2006, 11:59 AM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I don't think the Veep should be allowed to do anything besides playing with Legos in a padded cell. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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11-01-2006, 01:15 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I want the Republicans to lock him up. He can still cash his under the table Halliburton checks over the Internet. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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