Cheney Echo

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CHENEY'S ERRANT SHOT

Lawyers: VP can be held liable for shot

BY JOHN RILEY
STAFF WRITER

February 16, 2006

Vice President Dick Cheney's admission yesterday that he was at fault in the shooting of lawyer Harry Whittington during a weekend Texas quail hunt, after days of silence and White House attempts to blame Whittington, reflected the consensus of hunting safety experts.

"It's always incumbent on the shooter to make sure that he's shooting into a safe area," said Mark Birkhauser, a New Mexico hunting safety official and head of the International Hunter Education Association.