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Blind man applies for concealed-gun permit
KALAMAZOO GAZETTE ^
| 10/14/2001
| BOB ALLISON
Posted on 10/15/2001 3:19:02 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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posted on
10/15/2001 3:19:02 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
To: TLBSHOW
If he passes the training(NRA's personal protection course, give him the CCW permit.
As for Jacobs, she's a nut who pointed a gun at the crowd...with her finger on the trigger. She pointed a rifle(Ak-47?) at the crowd and said that those would be what people carry. She sucks royal.
To: TLBSHOW
Don't pick on the disabled. He should have an easier time getting a gun than others. It's hard enough making it to the store, the poor man. With the Disabilities Act, there is absolutely no reason why he shouldn't be allowed to own a gun, and to shoot it in a golf course, from a golf cart, of course, right along side with the pros.
To: TLBSHOW
Why shouldn't a blind man have the same right to defend himself as everyone else? Or would they rather he walk around with a sign on his back that says, "I'm unarmed. Feel free to mug me."
To: Bubba_Leroy
I never said he shouldn't. I think every home in America should have a hand gun or 2 or 3. In fact I had a thread about that once at Capital Grilling the semi-commie site. The commies hated me for it.
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posted on
10/15/2001 3:42:10 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
To: TLBSHOW
I agree, of course this would apply to the homes of the certified insane and of released felons right? The constitution places no such limits on those groups.
To: MilspecRob
He won't pass the firing test.
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posted on
10/15/2001 4:14:12 PM PDT
by
sungod
To: TLBSHOW
Let's also keep in mind that each state's health board defines "blind" differently, sometimes in cases where it makes perfect sense for the person to be armed. I had a friend in Jr High who had been declared by AZ's standards to be legally blind, even though he could see fine. His health problem was a wierd varient on wandering eye, his eyes would twitch spasmodically when trying to focus seperately (they'd twitch sometimes when working together, but glasses corrected that), subsequently his vision couldn't be measured, and according to AZ's definition at the time (this was 20 years ago, could have changed) if your vision could not be measured you were blind. He got all kinds of really cool stuff from various charities and agencies (including those big bar magnifiers to help people read, guess even these organizations realized our state's definition of "blind" was pretty dopey) for it. I wouldn't be surprised if people like him all over the country are getting CCW's, I am surprised it took the gun grabbers this long to start making a fuss. Obviously this guy is really blind, but I more than likely some of the other "blind" folks referred to in the article were similar to my childhood friend.
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posted on
10/15/2001 4:15:32 PM PDT
by
discostu
To: TLBSHOW
I say good for him. He has just as much right to protect himself as any other person. If he's not a criminal, let him have a gun. Even though he is blind, can hear a burglar breaking into his house. If the theif doesn't identify himself, he should take aim. If the thief persists in staying in the house, shoot him. Just because this guy is blind doesn't mean he's a moronic @ss. Or that he'll shoot up a grocery store filled with his neighbors.
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posted on
10/15/2001 4:17:25 PM PDT
by
Libertina
To: sungod
A four inch barrelled ten guage magnum pistol will fill the bill nicely (large pattern).
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I agree that the government has gone over board with a good idea (improving conditions for the disabled) but it seems to me this guy has worked harder than most and is responsible. Anyway, who says the DPS doesn't let the blind drive. Stand in line and watch who can pass sometimes. Besides if they can't drive how come McDonalds has braille at the drive thru? (lol) Take care
To: TLBSHOW
Doesn't the ADA require Braille gun sights? Must have been an oversight.
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posted on
10/15/2001 5:02:14 PM PDT
by
jackbill
To: TLBSHOW
Aren't we bombing Afghanistan at night???
Case closed!!
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posted on
10/15/2001 5:06:43 PM PDT
by
TRY ONE
To: TLBSHOW
Carolynne Jarvis, executive director of the Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence in Lansing, said it is shocking to think such safeguards are in place when the target is an animal, but not when it is a human. The "target" is not just a "human"; the target is a violent criminal who has assaulted him. He is not out to target anybody, only to be able to defend himself if attacked. What is ironic is that this legally blind man sees better than most gun-control advocates.
To: TLBSHOW
Have you ever seen the game "beep ball" where the blind play baseball with a beeping ball. Home in on it with your hearing. So... the next thing that will come of this will be Hillary(!) and Ted Kennedy co-sponsering a bill requiring all criminals to wear little beeping devices on their chests while comitting a crime. If caught in a criminal act while not wearing the beeping device they would be in **big** trouble... young man (this is Clinton logic, you see...).
To: TLBSHOW
This is a tough one for me. The question is, can people without the physical facilities to do so be allowed to carry firearms? In this case it's a blind person. How about a retarded person? Or a legally insane person? I don't know the answer, so I'm just asking the question, wondering if any intelligent arguments for both sides of the issue are out there.
To: FreeYourMind
He has to satisfy the same legal requirements as anyone else when it comes to justfying his actions. The constitution doesn't say that blind people can't own guns. He can own one and defend himself in his own house and on his own land, so why not elsewhere?
I have hoped to get a blind person into a CCW class in Arizona, but no luck so far.
To: TLBSHOW
I think everyone is missing it here.
I say that it is better to allow (even)one person to have a gun who perhaps shouldn't, than deny that God given right to a hundred. And thats what could happen here, a hundred other deserving people denied the right of self protection based on this case.
Give the man his gun.
To: FreeYourMind
Even a blind person can, if familiar with the firearm, hit someone in contact with him.
Makes me a little nervous, but not too much. I'd have to see the training.
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posted on
10/15/2001 8:35:07 PM PDT
by
lepton
To: TLBSHOW
The reporter must also be blind or have a good imagination or most likely, be incredibly STUPID! Revolvers don't eject shells when they fire, that would be a pistol, automatic or semi-automatic.
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posted on
10/15/2001 8:36:04 PM PDT
by
Kermit
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