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Tue Feb-14-06 06:42 PM
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Cheney must have shot him at fairly close range |
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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 06:47 PM by jsamuel
I talked to someone who knows about bird hunting like the one here and they found nothing wrong with this story except for one thing.
There is no way pellets would get under the skin and into the heart (or a large vein) unless he was MUCH closer than 30 yards. They said that bird pellets wouldn't even dent plastic from that far out.
Edit: One other thing, if Whittington was walking back to them, then why was he shot on the side of his face and chest? Shouldn't he have been directly facing Cheney?
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:43 PM
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1. but according to Shrub's mathbook |
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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 06:43 PM by Halliburton
YARDS=FEET
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:44 PM
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2. and 9 inches = 3 inches |
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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 06:45 PM by unblock
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:52 PM
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6. At least in personal ads, eh? |
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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 06:54 PM by IntravenousDemilo
BTW, very funny comment, unblock. You get a valentine for that.
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:18 PM
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:01 PM
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13. No no, 3" = 9" (ha ha!) |
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:02 PM
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14. I think you have that backwards. |
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She asked me to give her 9" so I ******* her three times and ...
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:17 PM
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17. mine's in the same order as the previous post, yards=feet |
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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 07:17 PM by unblock
as in, he said yards but it turned out to be feet.
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Tue Feb-14-06 08:01 PM
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20. By the book, hours would seem like days . . . |
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:45 PM
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It was bitterly cold out that day (high winds from the north), so they were dressed in heavy clothing. Yet, Whittington was shot in the chest (head and neck, too). Through what had to be a heavy jacket. That right there tells me they were closer together than 30 yards.
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:48 PM
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4. and if unka dick can't see 30 ft in front of him |
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then he probably shouldn't be holding a firearm, IMO.
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:49 PM
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:52 PM
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7. He probably pissed Dick off & he shot him. |
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Just a casual remark & blam...
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:52 PM
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30 yards and 30 feet. I note that 30 feet is closer to 30 inches than it is to 30 yards.
Bird shot goes out in a tight pattern that enlargers as it goes. Because it hit the cheek to shoulders, with 200 pellets striking the victim of the VP's gross recklessness, one can safely conclude the shot was closer than originally reported.
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:56 PM
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10. Yes, especially if the birdshot was able to penetrate a heavy jacket. |
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The reports claim he was shot in the shoulders/chest. If that's accurate and they reached the skin, that's a powerful blast to get through a heavy jacket.
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:57 PM
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11. 10 yards or less, most likely. |
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:54 PM
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9. We need one of those "accident reconstruction experts" from Court TV |
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to do one of those animations. I remember this one case where they totally nailed this guy who said his wife had shot herself. They were able to prove that if she had, given her height and position on her bed, the angle of the gun would have had to be completely different.
:headbang: rocknation
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:08 PM
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15. YES !!! 3D Flythrough Animations |
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and America's most wanted dramatizations !!!! Lets see the Cheney shootdown actualized in excruciating detail from the grassy knoll to the two saucy reichwing babes and the bottle of Dickle.
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:09 PM
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This would be perfect for their show. :)
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Tue Feb-14-06 08:06 PM
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21. Great idea. It would be perfect for them |
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Tue Feb-14-06 08:39 PM
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22. Well, what do you know? Here's a video from |
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Edited on Tue Feb-14-06 08:41 PM by rocknation
A photographper from a Corpus Cristi newspaper.:headbang: rocknation
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Tue Feb-14-06 06:59 PM
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12. If the distance is wrong |
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Then everything else is wrong too. We have no idea what happened and they shouldn't be able to cover it up any more than you or I would be able to.
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Tue Feb-14-06 07:45 PM
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19. They should be able to calculate this. |
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They know it was a Perazzi 28 gauge shotgun. They know what size the pellets were. (We don't, but they do. The pellets are still in the victim.) They know how deeply the pellets penetrated.
They should be able to calculate the distance between the shotgun and the victim.
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