Do the Blind Have a Right to Own Firearms?
14 Responses to “Do the Blind Have a Right to Own Firearms?”
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August 17th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Duh.
How’s a blind man gonna fight tyranny if he can’t help arm his friends and neighbors?
Get wit’ da program, Unc.
August 17th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Oh course they have the RIGHT to own them…. It can be viewed the same as any other commodity and if nothing else for investment purposes alone they should be able to own them. However, common sense tells you that the USE of those firearms (recreational or self defense) is going to come under far greater scrutiny if anything ever does go wrong. Of course judging the ability for a blind person to use a firearm should be handled on a case by case basis, but I doubt our Govt is smart enough to pull that off.
Fixed it for ya! 😀
August 17th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Mute people have freedom of speech and homeless people have fourth amendment rights.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
When a good friend died a couple of years ago his son inherited his .45. I presume he’s planning to fire it weak-hand, since his strong hand is occupied with a white cane whenever he’s out of a chair.
Does he have a right to the gun? Absolutely. Will I be very, very careful where I stand when he’s got it? Absolutely.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Article for ’94. OTOH, the same guy is fighting to keep his FID after shooting himself while cleaning and getting his house robbed – apparently he had guns stowed all over the place so he could find one in the event…
Everyone seems to think he’s going to keep it – check back friday for the judge’s decision.
August 17th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
And given their disability, they should have a priority right to own machine-guns.
August 17th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised to find that the hearing sense of the blind would make them very dangerous to a burglar, that is if the blind person were armed with a handgun.
Clearing a jam might be a problem, but a revolver would be just the ticket.
Now, I’m talking about Texas where the Castle Doctrine is in full effect … no backing down, no warning given, only the reasonable perception of a threat to property or self.
August 17th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
When the courts hear the VPC or Brady suit to force all gunmakers to make ADA compliant firearms for blind people, paraplegics, and amputees, then the fun starts.
I cansee the Brady group saying they want my Ruger GP-100 to have its warning label, which now covers half the barrel in small type, repeated on the other side of the barrel in Braille. And they’ll want it to be usable by a quadriplegic – or it shouldn’t be sold!
August 17th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Define “blind.” When the government does so, it usually includes people who are quite capable of depositing a load of buckshot into the center of mass of a person standing on the other side of a bedroom. They may not be able to drive, or to read documents, but they can cope… and they’re still citizens.
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August 17th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Double Barrel Coach Gun Loaded with #4 Buck would work. What, you’ve never seen the movie Eldorado? Remember the scene where The Duke takes Mississippi to see the Swede to get a gun? What did he hand over for a man who couldn’t shoot so good? Hey, asleep at night, he’s awaken by his dog growling, someone’s in the house, starting to come upstairs… think about it.
August 18th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Mikee, my daughter is a paraplegic and needs no extra accommodation to use a firearm.
August 18th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Dunno the level of impairment. Per news articles, caused by diabetes. One pic had him with sunglasses and hand on shoulder of his attorney as he left the courthouse.
August 18th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
http://www.wabi.tv/news/7156/target-shooting-for-the-blind
Last week Wall St Jrnl ran an article on this physics teacher who analyzes stock prices. As a matter of fact, I am intrigued by his theories, and very well may subscribe to his newsletter.
August 19th, 2010 at 7:20 am
I have a cousin who is legally blind(his eyes are listed at worse than 20/400) & he has had a hunting license for 25+ years. damn good shooter, more instinct than anything else i guess.