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That sounds like an interesting legal case. On one hand, the state shouldn’t block one’s civil rights because one is disabled. On the other hand, blind gun-ow

That sounds like an interesting legal case. On one hand, the state shouldn’t block one’s civil rights because one is disabled. On the other hand, blind gun-owner.

User23 4y ago
Are you implying that blind people are somehow irresponsible on account of their disability?
- nostromo 4y ago
  I suppose I am, yes. Not of all blind people of course, but of one that owns and fires a gun. How can a blind person shoot a gun in a responsible way?
  - User23 4y ago
    > How can a blind person shoot a gun in a responsible way? Don’t be simple-minded. Blind people can shoot a gun responsibly the same as anyone else: be sure of your target and what’s behind it. Yes, that’s more difficult for persons that have impaired or even no usable vision, but knowing many legally blind persons I can assure you that they are responsible firearms owners.
    - ourmandave 4y ago
      ...be sure of your target and what’s behind it. How?
      - pixl97 4y ago
        Legally blind doesn't necessarily mean "can't see".
      - coinbasetwwa 4y ago
        By knowing the layout of your house? And what direction you can safely shoot in? Brick homes or strategically set up bookshelves go a long way. People who aren’t blind have the same exact considerations, except they orient themselves with vision, whereas the blind use their other senses.
  - queuebert 4y ago
    Point blank? Edit: Also legally blind != completely blind.
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - qball 4y ago
    Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGPlZ9Ctptg&t=900s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGPlZ9Ctptg&t=900s Provided you have someone pointing you in the right direction and making sure that downrange is clear, there's nothing wrong with this.
  - coinbasetwwa 4y ago
    Same as any other prepared individual. Analyze your home, take note of individual entries to rooms, plan out to set up 90 degrees to the opening in the event of a break in. To stop bullets from leaving your house, set up full bookshelves behind the doorway when looked at from your chosen spot, or live in a brick house. Go with a sighted friend to the shooting range and have him call your shots to understand what distances you can point shoot at and hit a silhouette, this will let you know your capabilities without sight. Or alternatively, the same exact thing you’d do as a responsible gun owner who was not blind.

That sounds like an interesting legal case. On one hand, the state shouldn’t block one’s civil rights because one is disabled. On the other hand, blind gun-owner.

User23 4y ago

Are you implying that blind people are somehow irresponsible on account of their disability?

nostromo 4y ago
I suppose I am, yes. Not of all blind people of course, but of one that owns and fires a gun. How can a blind person shoot a gun in a responsible way?
- User23 4y ago
  > How can a blind person shoot a gun in a responsible way? Don’t be simple-minded. Blind people can shoot a gun responsibly the same as anyone else: be sure of your target and what’s behind it. Yes, that’s more difficult for persons that have impaired or even no usable vision, but knowing many legally blind persons I can assure you that they are responsible firearms owners.
  - ourmandave 4y ago
    ...be sure of your target and what’s behind it. How?
    - pixl97 4y ago
      Legally blind doesn't necessarily mean "can't see".
    - coinbasetwwa 4y ago
      By knowing the layout of your house? And what direction you can safely shoot in? Brick homes or strategically set up bookshelves go a long way. People who aren’t blind have the same exact considerations, except they orient themselves with vision, whereas the blind use their other senses.
- queuebert 4y ago
  Point blank? Edit: Also legally blind != completely blind.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- qball 4y ago
  Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGPlZ9Ctptg&t=900s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGPlZ9Ctptg&t=900s Provided you have someone pointing you in the right direction and making sure that downrange is clear, there's nothing wrong with this.
- coinbasetwwa 4y ago
  Same as any other prepared individual. Analyze your home, take note of individual entries to rooms, plan out to set up 90 degrees to the opening in the event of a break in. To stop bullets from leaving your house, set up full bookshelves behind the doorway when looked at from your chosen spot, or live in a brick house. Go with a sighted friend to the shooting range and have him call your shots to understand what distances you can point shoot at and hit a silhouette, this will let you know your capabilities without sight. Or alternatively, the same exact thing you’d do as a responsible gun owner who was not blind.