[Vision2020] New hunting protocols

[Art Deco]

James,

Let's see.

Being an old fart, I have, in my possibly misspent youth, gone through hunter/firearm safety training probably a dozen times. Once I was recruited when I was a general consultant to comment upon and to offer suggestions for a particular hunter safety program in the design phase for serious, convicted violators who had shot other persons or significantly damaged property.

As you point out, the rules have changed.

It used to be, among other rules:

Be absolutely sure of your target before pulling the trigger;  be absolutely sure where the projectile(s) might go whether you hit or miss;  do not pull the trigger unless you are convinced that it is absolutely safe to do so.

Apparently, these rules are no longer operative.  Perhaps Jennifer McFarland or some other law enforcement person can tell us what the new rules are.

The serious matter here is not that there was an avoidable serious accident.  There was.

What this incident has done is to correctly focus the light on the essential character of the Vice President:

1.    He was hunting without the proper license.
2.    He was road hunting.
3.    He shot without being sure of his target or where his projectiles would go, hit or miss.
4.    He shot a person wearing hunter orange.
5.    Despite 1 - 4, he blamed the victim for the infliction of serious possibly fatal harm.
6.    He arranged that no report of the incident was made for almost a day.

In my possibly twisted opinion, the above says to me that Vice President Chaney is a person with a reckless disregard for human safety, health, welfare, and life, a person who takes no responsibility for his own errant actions, and a person who tries to conceal the truth from the public.  In short, with these qualities, a perfect person to lead this country should something happen to the current president.

Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Reynolds" <chapandmaize at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:20 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] New hunting protocols


>I think that it is great that the accidental (?) shooting of a hunting 
> partner by the vice president has changed the rules of hunting. No longer is 
> it the sole responsibility of the shooter not to shoot someone; for now on 
> we had all better duck (or get the first shot off) when hunting in groups. 
> It should liven up the field quite a bit this fall. Figuring out what shot 
> and choke for this new paradigm in hunting will be a challenge. I usually 
> like an over-under with an open on the first and full on the second. I have 
> never felt mean enough to shoot tiny little quail so I like #6 for chukar 
> and pheasant. I think with the new rules however I will use a pump with the 
> plug removed so I can have more shots and up the shot size to #4 for the 
> first two and 00 to fill it up. I think I will go with a full choke. I swing 
> best to the right so I want to position myself on the left flank for the 
> best advantage.
> 
> At least Cheney should have warned the rest of the party that this was an 
> every-man-for-himself outing. Fairness is not a mark of the man however.
> 
> I am also surprised that, from 30 yards, #8 steel shot would penetrate 
> through a man's hunting clothing and go into the body cavity. I have never 
> actually used #8 shot for anything but they are tiny little shot without the 
> necessary mass to carry 30 yards and still have that much energy. I really 
> expect that the delay in getting the message out has something to do with 
> getting the story straight.
> 
> Anyone else out there care to share your planned equipment for this new 
> sport? I suppose that we will all want to hold our secrets to give ourselves 
> the advantage. The adrenalin is pumping just thinking about it.
> 
> James Reynolds
> 
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