[Colinsky]

Just heard on the local FOX news channel
...Cheney is the 3rd VP to shoot somebody.

1) Aaron Burr, under Jefferson, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel
2) Richard Johnson under somebody...shot a famous Indian Chief.

I heard that on Fox, too, so I looked it up. Richard M. Johnson was vice president under Martin Van Buren (1837-1841), and during his political career he was renowned as the man who shot Indian leader Tecumsah during a battle in the War of 1812. But there's no record of him shooting anybody while he was vice president.

[presidio9]

I would guess that MANY presidents and VPs have shot people BEFORE they were in office. Certainly Washington, Andrew Jackson, Sherman, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, etc.

[clawrence3]

You beat me to it!