EEK give a blind person a gun.???
Just hope I’m not around if that person wants to fire his gun then.EEK
A person can be “legally blind”, with vision bad enough that they can’t read documents or drive, yet still be more than capable of shooting an assailant. Keep in mind that most violent assaults occur at arms-reach distance.
Whether you are serious or not, this is exactly the response the media and the gun banners are looking for. And it is their strategy to use fear of silly exceptions to the rule like blind people with guns to destroy concealed carry.
I'm really not being ugly but the frist thing that came to mind was the movie “Men In Tights” when Robin and his men were fighting in the palace and one of his men, who was blind, was fervently wielding his sword and fighting a wooden post which he was chipping away to nothing. (I promise, it was really funny, you just had to see it).
They’re blind, not stupid. If someone sneaks into my bedroom in the pitch-black of night and starts to rough me up, they’re going to get shot if they don’t kill me first. It’s not the optimal situation, but I’d rather have a gun than not, even if I can’t see.
Why should a blind man being assaulted or stabbed not have the same right to self-defense? He will know where the attacker is, and may not even have to fire upon presenting the weapon.
Blind people are extremely cautious by nature, often much more so than people who can see. I think you grossly underestimate their intelligence.
A blind person could point a shotgun in the direction of a threat....accurately enough, IMO.