I Sense a Trend

Delaying the public release of information concerning innocent parties injured by recklessly-fired birdshot - it's not just for D.C. bigwigs anymore.

Kids hit by gunfire - in July: Cops just released report

It was an incident that Boston police did not tell the public about, but is part of the startling number of people hit by gunfire last year: two little boys, 9 and 6, wounded by a shotgun blast in an attack deemed so dangerous, the city relocated the victims to another housing development.

There's your solution to the city's crime problem, Mr. Mayor! We simply move everybody out of the city (on the taxpayers' dime, of course) and before you know it, there won't be anymore gun crime in the city. Or any crime, for that matter.

Problem solved.

Damn, I should run for office.

The shooting took place outside 38 Paul Place in the South End just after 10 p.m. on July 28. Witnesses said two boys on BMX bicycles with hoods pulled tight around their faces rode up into Castle Square and fired, spraying the corner with bird shot.

[insert "Who do you think you are - Dick Cheney?" joke here]

UPDATE: So, we might want to hold off on the Dick Cheney jokes for a while. The story's getting less funny.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas --The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had "a minor heart attack" Tuesday morning, hospital officials said.

It seems to be more serious than originally reported. I hope, for all involved, that Mr. Whittington makes a speedy and complete recovery.