When I read on Supergee's blog that Cheney shot someone, I totally thought he was kidding. (Supergee, not Cheney.) Until I saw it on the news. Cheney really did shoot someone! He was out quail hunting with friends and one of the other guys got into the line of fire.
I'm not up on hunting etiquette; who was at fault? Cheney for shooting when he knew one of his party was wandering around in the brush? Or the other guy, for approaching without calling to them so they knew he wasn't a quail?
I just heard an interview about the shooting on BBC world news with "Crystal George." I missed the beginning of the interview so I have no idea who she is, but she sounded American. Anyway she said, "if you're going to get shot, it's an honor to get shot by the vice president." Yeesh!
According to Slate, they both violated hunting etiquette: http://www.slate.com/id/2136065/nav/2/