[blindLaw] Firearms and the Blind?

[Mike Mcglashon]

Disregard the previous post. I didn’t see this email until after I replied to the other one I apologize.

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> On Jul 12, 2023, at 2:11 PM, Julie A. Orozco via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Here it is:
> 
> https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm19/bm1909/bm190912.htm
> 
> Julie
> 
>> On 7/12/23, Tim Elder via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> It is posted on NFB's searchable website.  It was in Massachusetts if my
>> memory is correct.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MIKE MCGLASHON <michael.mcglashon at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 9:34 AM
>> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Firearms and the Blind?
>> 
>> Quoting:
>> NFB did an amicus on a case where the convicted defendant challenged the
>> fact that a blind person was on the jury.  I believe the conviction was
>> upheld.
>> End quote:
>> Do you happen to have the cite on such case?
>> Is it new enough to have audio argument?
>> 
>> 
>> Please advise as you like.
>> 
>> Mike M.
>> 
>> Mike mcglashon
>> Email: Michael.mcglashon at comcast.net
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tim Elder via
>> BlindLaw
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 10:44 AM
>> To: 'Teresita Rios' <teresitarios22 at gmail.com>; 'Blind Law Mailing List'
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: tim at timeldermusic.com
>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Firearms and the Blind?
>> 
>> While the ADA wouldn't apply in federal court, there have been some cases
>> dealing with blind people on state court juries.  NFB did an amicus on a
>> case where the convicted defendant challenged the fact that a blind person
>> was on the jury.  I believe the conviction was upheld.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Teresita Rios <teresitarios22 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 4:22 AM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Seif-Eldeen Saqallah <seifs at umich.edu>; tim at timeldermusic.com
>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Firearms and the Blind?
>> 
>> Tim,
>> what about a challenge to the exclution of disable persons to serve in Jury
>> Duty?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Teresita
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 11, 2023, at 4:52 PM, Tim Elder via BlindLaw
>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I was mostly referring to the ADA and related state laws as applied to
>> state and local gun ownership policies.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Seif-Eldeen Saqallah <seifs at umich.edu>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 9:08 PM
>>> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Firearms and the Blind?
>>> 
>>> I was thinking that too, except I wonder if that analysis changed,
>>> given
>> SCOTUS's 2022 Bruen case and its emphasis on not having the 2nd Amendment
>> treated as possessing second-class citizen rights. I also think that 'the
>> people' includes blind people and that rational basis review would not
>> apply, since strict scrutiny was held to be the wrong analysis for the
>> right
>> to keep and bare arms.
>>> But there could be a weak argument against saying that this was not
>> intended by its text and history, with which i would disagree.
>>> Just my thoughts.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> Julie A. Orozco
> MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
> Law, JD Candidate 2023
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