To the best of my memory, we've never had a sitting member of an administration literally take a shot at someone.CORRECTION - my brother took time away from watching the beaches in Mexico to point out:
Aaron Burr, bro, shot & killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel while veep. As Jon Stewart says, that was over a matter of honor. This guy got mistaken for a bird.
President Andrew Jackson killed a man in a duel -- but it was prior to his election as president.
Jackson was involved in many duels. A duel on May 30, 1806 against Charles Dickinson was over some unflattering remarks made about Jackson's wife. In this duel Jackson was wounded. After he was hit, he took aim and fired at Dickinson. Jackson's gun misfired. As Dickinson was forced to stand his ground, Jackson took aim once again and killed Dickinson. The bullet that wounded Jackson was lodged near his heart and could not be safely removed. He carried that bullet in his chest for the rest of his days.
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Aaron Burr, bro, shot & killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel while veep. As Jon Stewart says, that was over a matter of honor. This guy got mistaken for a bird.
Aaron Burr was of course later tried for treason. May the same happen to Cheney.
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