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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

According to the Secret Service the county sheriff had made arrangements to send deputies out the following morning to interview the vice president. The idea of the county sheriff being involved is interesting, as a hunting accident is not within his jurisdiction. The matter is handled, by law, by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. That agency determined that it was an accident.

I am aware of this. On the face of it, it reeks of "special treatment". When someone is brought into the hospital having been shot, I’m pretty sure whatever law enforcement agency is responsible would want to talk to the admitted perp right away, especially if evidence of a crime might be transitory such as would be the case if drinking while hunting is illegal in Texas. "Hunting accidents," such as if you accidentally shoot a cow, may be handled by Park and Wildlife, but I’m still guessing that when a human gets shot, that’s handled by the folks who investigate homicides. But it really doesn’t matter–it appears to me that breaks were given in the Cheney situation that wouldn’t have been had a "regular citizen" done the same thing and that bothers me because, more and more, the Bushies seem to consider themselves above the law.