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Originally Posted by Swimmer
I think it was up to the local p.d. or landowner to annouce the shooting to the world. In Massachusetts every gunshot that is treated by a hospital/doctor's office has to be reported to the police. That may not be the case in TEXAS. Or the victim and his family. If none of them after due consideration and thought did not want to tell anyone then the white house probably should have let everyone know. The only thing that pisses me off about the whole thing is the news median acting so damn upset because no one told them. They demand to but dont have the right to know. We do maybe but they dont have the right to know a god damn thing. Thats coming from someone who has been at odds with the media. I refuse to call the shooting an accident, because it was not (everything happens for a reason). No law has been violated has it?
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I think it was an accident, just an extraordinarily stupid one. Anyone with common sense, with gun experience or not, probably knows better then to shoot parallel to the ground, especially in a field where it's tough to see through the brush.
So far I think other then a few permit issues, no law has been violated.
The only issue with Cheney not reporting the incident immediately is the effect of not reporting it immediately. They are reaping what they sow if you ask me. If you're that high profile in the public's eye it's almost always better to get something like this out in the open sooner rather then later.