[frgoff]

If you pull the trigger when you know your gun is pointed at someone you don't intend to shoot, you have done something wrong. Period.

There, I fixed it for you.

[lugsoul]

Nope. You always know where your gun is pointing, and what it is pointing at. If you don't, go back home - you don't belong in the field.

It is truly mind-blowing that so many are working so hard to turn this into something other than a mistake by the VP, caused by violation of basic gun safety rules.

Anyone who cared about gun safety would use this high-publicity event as a teaching lesson about why we have gun safety rules, and the consequences of not following them. Instead, many folks here want to water those rules down and focus blame on the guy who has pellets in his face. Good work, y'all.