Long after the fact (I may be in the first 10,000 to post something to this effect, but here goes anyway), it occurred to me that Gunner Cheney is not the first sitting vice president to have shot someone. The first and I believe last to have accomplished the feat was Aaron Burr. No quail involved — he hit just what he was aiming for.
"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way."