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[nolly]

One of the more informative articles I've seen on the Cheney hunting accident

ETA: Another, harsher, but also from a hunter perspective

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[jkusters]

A good read. Thanks for posting it.

JOhn.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

You're welcome -- I've just added a link to another, harsher, article from a similar perspective: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/13866143.htm

Thanks for the tip....

[americanstd.livejournal.com]

There were several things that I simply assumed, but again, were offenses that my dad would have tanned my hide for.

- NEVER, EVER, EVER have more than 2 guns on a hunt. If you have a third person, they get to watch.

- Use dogs. Now of course, my father was a breeder of GSP's, so we always had dogs around, but hunting quail without dogs? That's like hunting quail without a gun. They're essential to hunting.

- I didn't know they were driving, and would get out to shoot. I understand that the good counselor was 78 years old, but if he's that old, he needs to hang up his hat.

[jeran.livejournal.com]

What annoys me most is Cheney's attitude. Yes, everyone makes mistakes, even potentially fatal ones. Yes, Whittney probably should've announced himself. In the end, though, it comes down to one thing: final responsibility for knowing what you're shooting at rests with the guy with his finger on the trigger. And here's Cheney, having blown it big-time, trying to blame anybody but himself for screwing up.

Sorry, Dick, but the Vice-President of the United States should at least be man enough to own up to his own mistakes.

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

Up until this morning Cheney didn't say a word to anybody... so how the hell do you know what his attitude is?

BTW, this morning when he granted an interview to Brit Hume, he took full responsibility for it.

"Ultimately I'm the guy who pulled the trigger that fired the round that hit Harry," Cheney said in his first interview since the incident. "I'm the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend, and that's something I'll never forget."

...so please stop the spin-doctoring. You obviously had no idea what "Cheney's attitude" was.

Re: Thanks for the tip....

[duckflambe.livejournal.com]

My understanding is it was a "canned hunt". They drive up to box with a bird in it, the bird is released, and then they shoot a lawyer...I mean, the bird.

I'm not sure where the thrill in that is but, then again, I don't understand why golf is exciting either.

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Records show Cheney never took hunter's safety classes

[qwynwyn.livejournal.com]

yes, very interesting read.

charlotte, NC - it's been a while.

Re: Thanks for the tip....

[nolly.livejournal.com]

While Cheney has definitely been known to participate in such, nothing I've read indicates that this was one.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I've never hunted, but I've been through the NC version of that course -- it was one of the winter (indoor) units in my 9th grade PE class. (I think it was 9th...maybe 8th.)

[nolly.livejournal.com]

1) Silence speaks.
2) Please tone it down a notch (in my journal, that is; be as vehement as you like in your own and in appropriate communities.)

[textivore.livejournal.com]

I had actually read that this particular hunt was indeed a canned hunt. I also noticed that early reports all had people vehemently denying that there was any alcohol around that day, nosirree bob, and then Cheney when interviewed said he had a beer with lunch. Dunno if that had the slightest thing to do with his carelesness, but there was obviously an attempt to muddy the waters before he spoke...