[blindLaw] Firearms and the Blind?

[Julie A. Orozco]

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
> Ph: 618 783 9331
>
> -----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