Boghog1
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He's saying that only people who have "mastered shooting" should be allowed to own guns.
that rules out lots and lots of LEOs then, maybe only SEALs or other Special Forces of the Military should be allowed to use guns
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He's saying that only people who have "mastered shooting" should be allowed to own guns.
My last statement on this thread is this.To be able to master shooting,you must be able to maintain a proper sight picture and proper trigger control.I don't believe legally blind people can do that.That is infortunate but true.Have fun with this,I am tired of it all.
that rules out lots and lots of LEOs then, maybe only SEALs or other Special Forces of the Military should be allowed to use guns
We know who else it rules out....
Porsche haters
^^^^THIS^^^^"Legally blind" does not mean "can't see anything."
So true. So in Billsails nephews instance. He could have been armed with a bodyguard 380 or something small(and better) put it in the guy's gut and pull the trigger. I see no problem with that.Some people here are morons. Especially ones who use clumsy analogies to justify denying a law abiding citizen his natural right to self defense.
There are a bunch of people in Boston and Washington that think none of us have any business touching firearms either.Taken at face value, it seems like a bad idea for a blind man to be shooting a gun at someone out on the street. I admit I have not thought very deeply on the subject. I guess if a guy is not completely Hellen Keller blind, he could probably hit a shape at close range, such as in Derek's polite example of contact shooting. Hopefully this blind man can see well enough to distinguish between the blur which is the aggressor and the blur which is the cop or good Samaritan trying to pull the thug off him before he unloads.
I stand by my opinion however that there are people out there that have no business touching firearms. The hypothetical semi-blind man may not fit this bill.
He probably has never seen any blind people ski either.How would you know? Please state your qualifications.
There are a bunch of people in Boston and Washington that think none of us have any business touching firearms either.
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True, but I try to base my opinions in common sense rather than fear and a political agenda.
When I first answered in this thread, I was thinking by "blind" we were talking about bottom of the coal mine at midnight blind. Doesn't make much sense for a guy like that to have a gun. I'm not saying a law about it should be passed, but what is the point? A knife would honestly be a better choice for Someone with no vision at all.
Part of appreciating the Constitution and, by extension, America (or what America should be), is realizing that living in a free society means accepting certain "difficult" situations and results in the interest of preserving personal rights and liberties, which must always be paramount.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Dark ages of the 1980's - gotta ask about that. Can you expound on that 'namedpipes'?
Literary license for the most part, however, that was more or less the turning point where PC started to gain ground and being "different" became more acceptable.
(Pipes is acceptable for short )
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I was mainly pointing out that blindness is not the only handicap people seem intent of persecuting.
This is a myth. There is absolutely no restriction on screaming "fire" in a theater when there is no fire.We also have the right of free speech. Other than screaming fire in a theater where there is not one.
This is a myth. There is absolutely no restriction on screaming "fire" in a theater when there is no fire.
yes, yes, let's create another mother****ing agency to define and enforce something that should be left to common sense of a person in question. Because we don't spend enough trillions of dollars for bureaucrats to sit on their ass and tell me what I can and can not do and in which direction to wipe my own ass on odd/even days.
so let me rephrase the question: Do we need .gov determining what constitutes "blind" and regulating/enforcing these policies?
Say yes, mother****er and write a gddamned check to back your verbal diarrhea.
yes, yes, ......... wipe my own ass on odd/even days.....