Cheney shoots fellow hunter accidentally

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on February 12, 2006 at 6:31 pm

Via AP:

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.

Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was “alert and doing fine” in a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday after he was shot by Cheney on a ranch in south Texas, said Katharine Armstrong, the property’s owner.

He was in stable condition Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi.

Armstrong in an interview with The Associated Press said Whittington, 78, was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest during the incident which occurred late afternoon on Saturday.

She said emergency personnel traveling with Cheney tended to Whittington until the ambulance arrived.
Cheney’s spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president met with Whittington and his wife at the hospital on Sunday. Cheney “was pleased to see that he’s doing fine and in good spirits,” she said.

Glad to read Mr. Whittington is doing well, but as Michelle Malkin notes, the usual suspects are going to have a field day with this.

Monday AM Update: Let the conspiracy theories begin – sigh. (Hat tip: Outside the Beltway)

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    1. CavalierX says:

      >Constitution talks about regulated and
      >armed militias not individuals.

      That’s who’s, you know, IN the militia. Individuals.

    2. Severian says:

      This is really good, 40 reasons to support gun control:

      http://www.attrition.org/technical/firearms/40_gun_control.html

    3. CavalierX says:

      >Constitution talks about regulated and
      >armed militias not individuals.

      That’s who, you know, is IN the militia. Individual citizens like you and me. Well, like me.

    4. steve says:

      Ok, here is the deal that the Left extends to the Right. If you give up all of your fire arms, we will give up our Right to Privacy and let you spy on us. Peace

    5. Mwalimu Daudi says:

      If you give up all of your fire arms, we will give up our Right to Privacy and let you spy on us.

      After reading some of your posts Steve I cannot help but feel pity for the poor slob that get’s stuck reading your e-mails and listening in on your phone conversations. Talk about a lousy civil service job!

    6. CavalierX says:

      Here is the deal that the Right extends to the Left. Let the adults run the country. It’s past your bedtime.

    7. andrew says:

      “Let the adults run the country.”

      nah. let them all go on hunting vacations.

    8. CavalierX says:

      Well, that certainly proves my point. Oh, and you forgot to say ‘peace’ after wishing all Conservatives would be shot. Mask slipping, Andy?

    9. CavalierX says:

      Never mind; it’s the other one who talks like a hippie. Hard to tell you two apart.

    10. andrew says:

      “Never mind; it’s the other one who talks like a hippie. Hard to tell you two apart.”

      I’m the one that thinks the kind of gun control Cheney needs is the kinds the NRA will teach you.