[BigSkyFreeper]

Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.

Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.

Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance.

Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital on Sunday afternoon.

[Alia]

When we were young, and target practicing, a friend accidentally shot my brother. My brother was laughing the whole bumpy ride through way-country Grass Valley to the hospital. The friend would start crying, my brother would laugh, and two of them would laugh until they couldn't breathe.

Dolts! ruined a fine day of practice! ;>

[Cinnamon Girl]

I'd like some more details because I don't think there's anything funny about an accidental shooting. It generally means someone was careless, doesn't it?