Let's reverse the Cheney situation...

[answerguy]

Ok, you're one of Dick Cheney's secret service agents. You see one of the hunting party leveling his shotgun at the vice-president from thirty yards away. You're not close enough to throw your body in front of the man you're assigned to protect. How do you determine in a milli-second the difference between a hunting accident or an attempted assasination?
Do you have authority to shoot the hunting partner?

 

[Preacherman]

Well, they were bird-hunting - so I guess I'd "duck"!

 

[sigman4rt]

As an SSA, absolutely. Your job is to protect the VP from any and all threats. Whether a hunting accident or assassination attempt, the VP will be just as dead.

R.T.

 

[Biker]

Well, I'd be safe as long as they weren't "peasant" hunting.
Biker

 

[The-Fly]

maybe its just me and my warped sense of humor, but i'd advise the hunting partner to switch from #7 to some thing more suitable like 00B or a 3" slug

 

[hso]

It's such a big target it wouldn't be anything to crow about.


Next

 

[Biker]

It's such a big target it wouldn't be anything to crow about.


Next

Relax! What're you Raven on about?

Biker

 

[Blue Jays]

Dear Biker & HSO-

Please stop it with your joking about this serious matter. You're being fowl.

~ Blue Jays ~

 

[mbs357]

Whatever I did would depend on whether or not Quail Man was in the area.

 

[answerguy]

Serious question; if the President goes hunting do they actually let his hunting partners carry guns? If I was SS it would make me awfully nervous.

 

[shermacman]

Jack Bauer would know what to do.

 

[ball3006]

I would rather go hunting with....

Cheney than...............go for a ride with Tedly Kennedy..........chris3

 

[nfl1990]

maybe its just me and my warped sense of humor, but i'd advise the hunting partner to switch from #7 to some thing more suitable like 00B or a 3" slug

Yeah but it wouldn't be hard to slip one in unoticed.

 

[gometika]

He should have Chuck Norris with him next time he goes hunting, bullets, slugs, pellets are afraid of Chuck, they don't go no where near Chuck.

 

[Waitone]

How would you like to be the SSA on duty when Dick goes to the range to exercise his full auto collection? What was that I heard slam shut?

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Cheney than...............go for a ride with Tedly Kennedy..........chris3

Now THAT is sigline material!

 

[Pilgrim]

Serious question; if the President goes hunting do they actually let his hunting partners carry guns? If I was SS it would make me awfully nervous.

The President and Vice-President hunt with long term friends and political associates.

If we're going to get paranoid about this, what's to prevent a Secret Service agent from being a deep cover assassin?

Pilgrim

 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

The President and Vice-President hunt with long term friends and political associates.

If we're going to get paranoid about this, what's to prevent a Secret Service agent from being a deep cover assassin?

Pilgrim

If you were a big time politico and had secret service protection, would you still carry every day?

 

[eab]

The President and Vice-President hunt with long term friends and political associates.

If we're going to get paranoid about this, what's to prevent a Secret Service agent from being a deep cover assassin?

Pilgrim

There is a Tom Clancy novel about that.....

 

[cosine]

If you were a big time politico and had secret service protection, would you still carry every day?

I would.

 

[jeepmor]

Would you take Cheney hunting?

Seriously, you guys quack me up.

Cheney to point, everyone keep a close eye on how he swings the gun.

Imagine the press if he was peppered like his friend and the roles reversed. Don't you think that person would likely be presently incarcerated? He would probably be called a terrorist who attempted to assassinate our VP?

The administration would milk that for all the press mileage they could get.

jeepmor

 

[ArmedBear]

You think if Dick Cheney made a video with a backdrop of American weapons, ranging from an M4 to one of our nifty full-auto grenade launchers and maybe a Tomohawk, where he goes on for 20 minutes threatening Bin Laden, that they'd play it on Al Jazeera?

 

[mp510]

If you were a big time politico and had secret service protection, would you still carry every day?

Didn't president George H W Bush I seem to remember when he actually proved it by showing the .22 revolver from his pocket.

 

[thunder]

If I were a major political player, I would not carry a firearm. With SS close by to assess and react to threats, my perrogative is to get out of Dodge. they are my guns. Me having a gun and wanting to elimiate my threats would be a hindrance to the people trying to protect me.

 

[Phyphor]

Dear Biker & HSO-

Please stop it with your joking about this serious matter. You're being fowl.

~ Blue Jays ~

No kidding, man, that might just get the mod's feathers worked up. That sort of thing is just for the birds. And I ain't too chicken to say it!