Editorial: The knowing cliche

From the 'Damn! Almost!' school of headline writing, this pearl is currently up on the Guardian site. The story itself is dull, with the event apparently not that rare:

Alan Foster, a department spokesman, told the AFP news agency that it was not uncommon for hunters to be shot by their dogs.

Does that mean fox hunters could get round the ban by giving their beagles Berettas? Just a thought...