NO! c'mon man, pay attention

[grEnAlEins]

What will this do to the gun control movment? Chenney a 78 year old man!?!?!?!
Not good, and at 30 yard the old guy was probably more than visible... Wtch your muzzle directions!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_hunting_accident

kinda funny though sorta, but not really to funny.

Sure it was partly the old man's fault but jeez, look at your target and what is beyond...

[Steelrat]

What I enjoyed was the spin they put on it already. The article on MSNBC stated that the old man, who was hunting in Cheney's group, had come up behind Cheney unannounced, and had been nailed while Cheney was tracking a bird, shifting the blame to the old man for not announcing himself.

Just interesting to note.

[lopxtc]

Anyone want to guess how long before the left starts to claim that he shoot him to cover up something

Im giving them a day, two tops.

Aaron

[grEnAlEins]

What I enjoyed was the spin they put on it already. The article on MSNBC stated that the old man, who was hunting in Cheney's group, had come up behind Cheney unannounced, and had been nailed while Cheney was tracking a bird, shifting the blame to the old man for not announcing himself.

Just interesting to note.

It is part the old dudes fault, and part Dick's fault, but who cares? It is just good that the old dude is ok and not dead.

[behemoth]

This right here is quite good

WASHINGTON - Vice President
Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

BAHAHAHAHAHA

[BobTheCow]

And you DIDN'T take the obvious pun opportunity with such key words as "Dick" and "shoot"? I'm ashamed...

[behemoth]

And you DIDN'T take the obvious pun opportunity with such key words as "Dick" and "shoot"? I'm ashamed...

oh damn, i'm losing my touch

[personman]

hah thats not much of a shotgun if you can shoot a guy in the face and have him survive..

[Glickman]

what i find interesting is the choice of words used:



"spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest"
"got peppered pretty good."
"It broke the skin" (My favorite)
"It knocked him silly"

[Timmee]

hah thats not much of a shotgun if you can shoot a guy in the face and have him survive..

It was bird shot, which isn't as powerful as buckshot or slugs.

[grEnAlEins]

hah thats not much of a shotgun if you can shoot a guy in the face and have him survive..

Well, they were hunting qual, so they were using a small shot like a 6-8 shot i bet, and he was probably using a modified or improved cylander, so it spreads the shot out so the blast is not as concentrated. At 30 yards either cylander spreads shot fairly far apart so the brunt of impact was spread over a fairly large distance. And shot slows down quickly due to friction from air (which is why you need to lead clays/birds so much). Dick is the VP and can without question afford a nice shotgun, I bet he has a sweet shotgun. Good thing they were not going for midsize game and goin with slugs...

Now the left will want to steal my shotgun from me [sigh]

[grEnAlEins]

timmee beat me to it [sigh]

[Glickman]

Dick is the VP and can without question afford a nice shotgun, I bet he has a sweet shotgun. Good thing they were not going for midsize game and goin with slugs...

Now the left will want to steal my shotgun from me <sigh>

i dont think VP has anything to do with a nice shotgun, infact i believe most VP's and Pres' dont accept their wages. Then again thats because they are nearly always wealthy anyway.

/anal retentive



actually, i was kinda thinking that dick wouldve been mistaken for a turkey.

i mean jeeze. who else does a better impersonation?

[grEnAlEins]

i dont think VP has anything to do with a nice shotgun, infact i believe most VP's and Pres' dont accept their wages. Then again thats because they are nearly always wealthy anyway.

/anal retentive



actually, i was kinda thinking that dick wouldve been mistaken for a turkey.

i mean jeeze. who else does a better impersonation?

i was refering to both the VP wage (which is somewhat large) and the whole millionare thing, plus I'm sure that the VP can circomvent (sp?) any firearm laws

as for the turkey thing, I dont know what kind of mutant superfreakishly large turkies live in your part of the world, but all the ones I've seen are way smaller than Dick is

Edit: I also enjoyed the "sprayed the fellow...on the face neck and chest"

[Glickman]

i was refering to both the VP wage (which is somewhat large) and the whole millionare thing, plus I'm sure that the VP can circomvent (sp?) any firearm laws

as for the turkey thing, I dont know what kind of mutant superfreakishly large turkies live in your part of the world, but all the ones I've seen are way smaller than Dick is

Edit: I also enjoyed the "sprayed the fellow...on the face neck and chest"