Posted on 02/13/2006 5:31:35 PM PST by frankjr
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department today issued a report on Vice President Dick Cheney's accidental shooting Saturday of a fellow quail hunter on a sprawling Texas ranch. The hunting accident report, a copy of which you can find below, briefly recounts how Cheney plugged Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Austin lawyer, with birdshot in the face, neck, and chest. According to the state report, Cheney was wearing a "blaze orange" cap and "coat/vest" and brown trousers and was toting an Italian-made Perazzi .28-caliber shotgun. In addition to the document's release, wildlife officials reported today that while Cheney had purchased a valid non-resident hunting license, he did not obtain a required "upland game bird stamp." As a result, a warning citation--which carries no fine or penalty--will be issued to Cheney, which state officials described as "routine." And as for whether Cheney would have needed to previously take a hunters education course, state wildlife officials noted that such classes are only required of hunters born on or after September 2, 1971. Cheney was born January 30, 1941. While yet to release its report on the shooting, the Kenedy County Sheriff's Office this afternoon issued a press release noting that an "investigation reveals that there was no alcohol, or misconduct involved in the incident." In an interview with deputies, Whittington "collaborated Vice President Cheney's statement," according to the release, which concluded, "This was no more than a hunting accident." (3 pages)
That picture is just what came to my mind when I heard the Lib Whine Machine turn to how long it took for the VP to report the accident.
In Ronnie's case that would, obviously, be a BITCH slap.
But it is a start. lol
I used to enjoy hunting ducks, but it got so I couldnt keep up with the laws. Hunting licenses , federal stamps you have to sign the stamp, deer stamps ,duck stamps, turkey stamps,upland bird stamps, its all a joke, a way to rob hunters. Then they fly around in airplanes listen to hunters speaking to each other with sophisticated listening devices,binoculars, Then you can kill domestic geese and not wild ones part of the season and the other way around another part, sometime you can shoot males and not females. It was just too much hassle and expense. Who wants to buy a $26.00 license a $8.00 stamp, pay $100 dollars to rent a blind and be allowed to shoot one Goose? Its nuts.
A remarkably low death rate. Thanks for the info on Ms. Willeford; I've been wondering who the 'other hunter' was. Guess she'll be staying neutral...
Before the boogey man goes to bed he checks the closet for Dick Cheney.
And, is there anyone who can corroborate the collaboration?
Q And then the further details, then, unfolded throughout the course of the early morning Sunday?
MR. McCLELLAN: That's correct, additional details, additional information was coming out.
Q On Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m., you were clear, personally, that the Vice President had, in fact, been the shooter?
MR. McCLELLAN: That's correct. That's correct.
Q Thank you.
Q Wait, wait, hold on. Human beings are not normally this inefficient. I mean, was the Vice President immediately clear that he had accidentally shot his friend, or not? Or did that information become available later? You make it seem like there's all this information that had to develop.
MR. McCLELLAN: I wouldn't suggest that at all. I'm sure that that was the case. I mean, Mrs. Armstrong was there and saw that --
Q I don't understand what information had to trickle in?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, David, again, what's important when it happened was to make sure the medical care was getting to --
Q Fair enough.
MR. McCLELLAN: -- Mr. Whittington.
Q Fair enough.
MR. McCLELLAN: That's where all the attention was focused, and making sure he was getting to the hospital --
Q That's been stipulated here. Everybody agrees that that's fine.
MR. McCLELLAN: That's correct.
Dick Cheney, Texas Ranger. Ole Chuck Norris better start lookin' in his rearview mirror. There's a new head honcho in town. And he don't take kindly to lawyers, or Hollywood types for that matter.
Not to nit-pik but the .410 is a caliber.
LOL. I think we could sell lottery tickets for that event :-)
Yes, a Carcano...with a broken scope, twisted barrel & erratic pump action whatchamacallit for re-loading, purchased mail order & shipped Parcel Post to 'A. Hidell'. The coincidences mount. It now appears that Cheney DID bag the quail, whose corpse was illegally flown to Washington, away from Texas jurisdiction, and now the bird's brain has turned up missing...
:-)
My BIL has one.
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LOL.
So what is the record for touchdowns by the Boston Red Sox?
Italian Mannlicher-Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle
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