j wrote:
Yeah...you do. You need to know the facts.
so....according to some report (which mind you came prior to Cheney's interview with Brit) Cheney turned and fired in the direction he had come from, behind him it esscense. Just where did you hear this???
From Mrs. Armstrong, the owner of the ranch. According to her account, she witnessed all of this while sitting in the car.
Cheney's interview with Brit, clearly defined what happened, and correct me if I'm wrong, but he said he turned to his right and fired, and at that moment saw his friend go down. The friend was in a gulley with the sun behind him.
I didn't see Cheney's interview, but all the reporting I've seen of it seems consistant with Mrs. Armstrong's account. Furthermore, Mrs. Armstrong's account has been out there being reported over and over again since the day after the incident, and no effort has been made on the part of the VP's office to correct or modify it. If it were wrong, wouldn't they say so?
I got to tell you...if I'm hunting, and I'm out of sight of my group, I'm going to think twice before I put myself in a dangerous logistic position.
So how would you approach that group, if not from the rear?
Bottom line however -- An accident! Cheney did the honorable thing by accepting full responsibility for what happened, which is arguably the victims carelessness.
Of course it was an accident. I don't know of anyone in this thread who has claimed it was deliberate. But just because something is an accident doesn't mean there isn't negligence involved. And From everything I ever learned in my years of hunting, firing in a direction you don't know is clear (especially when not confident of the location of all members of your party) is negligence.
We're just going to have to disagree on the arguability of the victim's carelessness. I don't see it at all. And apparently neither does Cheney.