know what you are shooting?

[huntingvet]

Fabrosman, I have to admit that I agree with you 100%. Here's my take on the situation.

Facts - Cheney shoots a guy that is still in a hospital with a potentially serious complication.

Pretty darn close to fact though I can't prove it - Cheney feels terrible and is embarassed. If given the opportunity to repeat that one second in time, Cheney would have let that bird go. All of us have been close to being in similar situations whether we admit it or not. For most of us the difference lays in whether we pulled the trigger or not, which may not have involved a conscious decision. Our hunting heritage is better served by an administration that also likes to hunt.

Debatable - The situation was TOTALLY preventable. As Fabrosman stated, we weren't there. I would like to believe that I would have had better judgement than to swing on a fellow hunter while pulling the trigger, but I wasn't there. Hopefully, I'll never be in that situation.

What I think we call all agree on - Cheney wounding a friend while on a hunting trip has absolutely nothing to do with his ability to lead our country. More importantly, do I really have to know that Cheney pulled the trigger on a shotgun that propelled bird shot toward another individual named "Whittington" striking him in the face, neck and possibly body unintentially on a Saturday afternoon in Texas? If so, would I then need to know the number of shot used, high brass vs low brass, type and make of shotgun (maybe Winchester or Browning is to blame?), etc?

Unfortunately the poor guy suffered from a lack of judgement, may have seriously harmed his fellow hunter and yes may be bringing light to our hunting heritage. However, why does it matter to so many so much?