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Despite Cheney Accident, Hunting Is Safe





Anti-gun groups, political opponents, pundits and newspaper editorial writers wasted no time in criticizing Dick Cheney and the great tradition of hunting after the vice president's unfortunate hunting accident this weekend in Texas. The vice president was hunting quail when he fired his shotgun and accidentally peppered another member of his party with birdshot. Unreported or ignored in many news accounts is the fact that hunting accidents are not common, and that hunting ranks as a safe activity.

Out of an estimated 17.9 million active hunters who spent 228 million hunting days afield in 2002, there were 89 fatalities and 761 non-fatal injuries—or one incident per 268,235 days afield, according to the latest data from the International Hunter Education Association and the National Sporting Goods Association. In the past 10 years, non-fatal hunting accidents declined 31 percent, while fatal accidents declined 12 percent. The Houston Chronicle ran a story Monday about the current record-low numbers of hunting accidents in Texas.

To help these record numbers fall even lower, all hunters should continue to review their safety practices, including always keeping the gun's muzzle pointed in a safe direction, keeping your finger off the trigger until you have properly identified your target and always knowing what lies beyond your target before taking a shot.

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