If an accidental shooting happens at your home, are the police

[SoCalDem]

"ok" with the reporting of the "accident" being done at your (the homeowner) discretion? Do YOU get to decide when to call them, and/or when/whether to even report the incident, if the injured person "seems ok"..

Why didn't the first hospital, or the second report it?

I am assuming that quail hunting does not occur at night (isn't that for snipe? :P..)..So if the "accident" happened in daylight, and involved the vice-president, the response should have been immediate, and there should have been no delay (pardon the pun) in reporting the incident.

The "ranch-owner" should have had NO say in the timing of the release of information.

Failure to report an injury accident is in itself a crime, if it involves a car..Is a GUN any different?

If a person is brought to an ER with a gunshot wound, they are not allowed to leave, nor are the people with them, until the police have interviewed everyone.

[northzax]

1. the Secret Service reported it to the Sheriff

on Saturday evening (According to the Sheriff)

[SoCalDem]

3. Key word being "evening"

If the accident happened at 4PM, the police should have been notified at 4:01 PM, right after calling 911.. You CAN call 911 and say.. "Someone's been accidentally shot..please send an ambulance and the police"..

This crew spent a few (or more) hours trying to treat their friend themselves and get their stories straight.

[northzax]

5. but they had an ambulance

so they didn't need to call for one.

[CottonBear]

7. They wouldn't send Cheney's ambulance away w/ someone else in it. n/t

[northzax]

8. no, they had a helicopter for that.

and in an emergency, yes, they would. could you imagine the PR nightmare if he died waiting for an ambulance because they wouldn't use Cheney's bus or helicopter?

[CottonBear]

9. IMAybe they have 2 ambulances or maybe they send Cheney along. n/t

[SoCalDem]

10. I think they tried to "handle it" themselves

and perhaps the old guy took a few in the eyes, and insisted on going to a hospital..

[TX-RAT]

11. Only ones required to report the incident, is the hospital.

If me and a buddie are out hunting and he accidentally hits me with some pellets, theres nothing says it has to be reported, as long as i don't go for medical care.

[SoCalDem]

12. A shotgun blast to the face, is a bit more than a few stray pellets

:(...especially if you are pushing 80 yrs old

[TX-RAT]

13. I agree

But if all party's agree it's and accident, especially the victim. then it's nothing more than an incident report, end of story.

[Xenotime]

2. Nothing adds up in this case.

This should have been made public immediately after it happened.

[B Calm]

4. One of my right-wing co workers accidentally shot himself

when he was cleaning his gun. The police investigated it the same day right after his surgery.

[MadMaddie]

6. My question is...this is a local jurisdiction issue isn't it?

If it was an accidental shooting..

It wasn't an incident that required federal law enforcement intervention...isn't it local police that bear the responsibility to investigate the shooting..

It is also highly unusual for an investigation to close so quickly "it looks like less than 48 hours" don't you think?

So why the interference by the SS?

I am in agreement with you if this were to happen to an average Joe, I can guarantee that Joe would be sitting at his local police station answering hours of questions.