Quayle, quails, guns, different countries laws.

[MidGe]

I thought I'd post this which ahppened in Australia a few months back.

An MP is the equivalent of a member of congress for Australia.

The son was actually shot in the thumb. Here is the link to the full transcript of the news item:
ABC news

Here is a summary:

The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Western Australia has resigned after being found guilty of a charge relating to the shooting of his own son. Paul Omodei had admitted that he accidentally shot his son while they were hunting rabbits and kangaroos at the family's property last year. Mr Omodei was charged with failing to ensure that his loaded rifle was safe. He'll be sentenced next month; the charge carries a maximum term of two years’ jail. But Mr Omodei has already called time on his political career.

[ElliotR]

This is what happens when you don't have a spin machine poised to handle these events. If the MP had only delayed a day or so in reporting the incident, downplayed it when he did, blamed his son for getting in the way of the shot, had a political hack who wasn't even there get on TV to say that he did nothing wrong, and then had members of his party joke about the incident, he'd still be in politics.