National Nitwit

(Washington, DC) National Rifle Association President Sandra Froman spoke to National Nitwit today about the recent Texas shooting incident involving Vice President Dick Cheney.

"The Second Amendment is quite clear - Mr. Cheney can shoot whoever the fuck he wants," said Froman. "It's both a God-given and Constitutionally-protected right."

Mr. Cheney accidentally shot a prominent Austin lawyer named Harry Whittington while the two men were on a quail hunting expedition in South Texas on Saturday, firing shotgun pellets at the man while trying to aim for a bird.

Froman believes that Cheney should have used a more powerful weapon.

"If he had been carrying the M16A2 5.56mm semiautomatic rifle, Whittington would have been dropped on the spot," she said. "Instead, this lawyer lives to file another frivolous lawsuit against an American corporation."

White House officials, who did not make public the shooting incident for 24 hours, did not say how Mr. Whittington and Mr. Cheney were acquainted. Froman said that she hoped Cheney would follow up.

"There's nothing worse than allowing game to escape while merely wounded," she said. "Mr. Cheney should follow the trail and finish the poor bastard off."