Cheney's little shot not a big deal among mishaps

[Pryderi]

Cheney's little shot not a big deal among mishaps
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
D'Arcy Egan
Plain Dealer Columnist

Harry Whittington has to be thanking his lucky stars that Dick Cheney is a crack shot.

As shotguns go, Cheney's little 28-gauge is a pipsqueak. It shoots a shotshell that holds far less powder and lead shot than the standard 12-gauge shotgun most hunters carry into the fields and woods. Only the most accomplished of quail hunters, like Cheney, shoot a slender-barreled 28-gauge.

Cheney may not be Annie Oakley, Ohio's Little Miss Sure Shot, but he has a reputation as a slick shooter who loves bird hunting. President George W. Bush, who once mistakenly killed a killdeer, a protected songbird, while on a dove hunt, has said that Cheney is the top gun of his administration.


The smaller 28-gauge shotshells used by Cheney are much like Humphrey Bogart's cigarettes compared to George Burns' cigars. They contain only about 3/4-ounce of tiny No. 7 1/2 shot, which is so small it takes about 35 pieces to cover a dime. Three pieces equal the size of the BB used in a Daisy Red Ryder air rifle.

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1139909709214190.xml&coll=2

Nothing like downplaying the story.

[phantom power]

1. These people are fucking sociopaths.

Maybe D'Arcy will volunteer to be shot with Cheney's pipsqueak gun, and spend a week in intensive care. Fucking sicko.

[Canuckistanian]

2. They're just teeny tiny pieces lead. Why all the fuss?

Why I get hit by shotguns all the time, myself. A few days in intensive care and I'm right as rain!

Tempest in a teapot, if you ask me.

[NJCher]

3. Hey D'Arcy

Did the White House fax that editorial to you or did they dictate it over the phone?

What a fine bushco ho you are!




Cher

[teryang]

4. Regrettably, there was some collateral damage....

...but there would have been greater damage without the use of precision munitions.