How Did Dick Cheney Break the No.1 Rule of Hunting?

Time Magazine ^ | 02/13/2006 | Timothy Burger

[dawn53]

We definitely need a picture of Al Gore and his gun on this thread.

[CWW]

At least Whittington would have earned a Purple Heat, unlike Senator Kerry (Mr. Bandaid)!

[steelcurtain]

One would think the first rule of hunting would be not to walk where hunters are likely to shoot, without warning them you're there. Okay, maybe the second.

[cripplecreek]

Blame goes to both shooter and shootee.

[opinionator]

Remember when Vince Foster went hunting?

[Willie Green]

but the question will linger on: how does an accident like this happen among hunters with so much experience?

My guess is that, at age 78, Whittington simply can't get outta the way as fast as the quail.

[dfwgator]

I thought the number one rule is you have to shout, "it's coming right for us" before you shoot.

[VeniVidiVici]

Wow! In the coming weeks we are going to get schooled by the left about guns and hunting!

Should be fun!

[Names Ash Housewares]

"Blame goes to both shooter and shootee."

I would agree.

A hard way to learn the lesson though. But thankfully not as hard a lesson as it could have been.

[randog]

My dad and I were shot at years ago while chukar hunting. High brush, the shooter was uphill from us, etc. We ducked behind some rocks until the danger was past, then dad found the hunter later and chewed him out.

Then there was the time I almost shot the antenna off my dad's buddy's truck...

[DeaconRed]

"We definitely need a picture of Al Gore and his gun on this thread."

Yes,
The one of him in Nam, looking down the barrel

[Redbob]

Anyone here see the supreme irony of being lectured on firearms safety by the Brady Bunch of Time, Inc?

[CWOJackson]

"The cardinal rule of hunting could not be more simple: Don’t shoot the people (or the dogs)."

I'm not sure a lawyer falls into either category.

[dirtboy]

One would think the first rule of hunting would be not to walk where hunters are likely to shoot, without warning them you're there.

No, the first rule of hunting is to make sure you won't hit something other than what you are aiming at. Even if you have a moron in range, it is your responsibility to make sure you don't hit them - especially when they are wearing orange.

It's amazing to see this kind of nonsense being plugged on FR - which is otherwise the premier firearms site on the web.

[rightinthemiddle]

I just want to know one thing:

Did he hit the quail?

[Agent Smith]

Cheney shot a Texas Republican, I thought Time and the rest of the MSM would be organizing a ticker tape parade by now.

[johnny7]

1.) Don't run out of beer.

[subterfuge]

You just know there will be some lame skit on Saturday Night LIve about this. I predict it will be something along the lines of Cheney shooting anything that moves while his mobile medical team scrambles to "fix" everyone and everything.

Of course we'll never know because no one will see that stupid show.