[Vision2020] New hunting protocols

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Joan
He was reckless. Rules my dad taught me are -Never carry a round in the chamber. Treat the rifle as if there was a round in the chamber. Never shoot unless there is a hill behind the target to stop the bullet.

To any that may be interested. I am recuperating at home from a leg injury. It was mangled when I tried to help a downed horse get up. This was a 30 year old horse. When I went down to do chores last thursday mourning she was laying with her back downhill above the barn. Being stupid I got between her and the barn to try and get her up.When she struggled to get up, she slid down hill and pinned my leg to the corner of the barn. It took awhile to get my leg free. With the help of some neighbours, we got her up and out of the pasture. she fell down again, had a seizure and died. My leg has a massive abrasion. It and my foot are swelled to about three time what they should be. I am supposed to keep it in the air until it is better.

Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Joan Opyr joanopyr at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:10:06 -0800
To: "Art Deco" deco at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] New hunting protocols

> On 15 Feb 2006, at 08:55, Art Deco wrote:
> 
> "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 Cheney 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."
> 
> I could not agree more.  I am an avid hunter and sportswoman.  Two 
> years ago, I chose not to take a shot at a genuine Boone & Crockett 
> (what in the West would be called a five-point, but in the East is 
> called a ten) because I couldn't see beyond the ridge that he was 
> standing upon.  I had a bad case of buck fever, and, by God, I really, 
> really wanted that buck, but I know how far a 180-grain .30-06 bullet 
> might travel should it miss the target or even should it hit the target 
> and pass on through.  You don't fire without looking.  You don't fire 
> unless you're sure of your target.  You don't "truck hunt."  You don't 
> blame the victim.
> 
> This story is relevant for all of the reasons above plus a little 
> something else -- do you recall a year or so ago when the Vice 
> President went duck hunting with Justice Antonin Scalia while Cheney 
> was party to a case pending before the Supreme Court?  The man needs to 
> lay off the birds.  When it comes to hunting (not to mention the law), 
> Dick Cheney doesn't know if it's asshole or breakfast time.
> 
> Joan Opyr
> Northern Idaho Editor
> New West Magazine
> www.newwest.net
> www.joanopyr.com
> 
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