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# Proof that guns don't kill people, they only maim
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/proof-that-guns-dont-kill-people-they-only-maim/
- Published: 2006-02-12T21:11:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:44:01.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Society & economy

[](http://www.bustedtees.com/product.php?name=secondamendment&ref=chrismessina.me)Apparently our Robot-in-Chief, Cheney, [shot his friend](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4707354.stm?ref=chrismessina.me) while he was hunting yesterday. No, *not* hunting his friend. He was hunting quail. Geez. But he still sprayed Mr Whittington with shotgun pellets in the cheek, neck and chest. This followed an address by Cheney on the importance of shooting your friends while hunting, which pleased his base of NRA-backed [Free Hunters](http://www.freehunters.org/?ref=chrismessina.me). You'll recall that he [tried to shoot](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3466191.stm?ref=chrismessina.me) his friend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, this time last year, but failed to hit him. Ok, so I just made all that up. Except the part about Cheney shooting the dude. That really *did* happen. I just wanted to promote a cool tshirt design.