[Nfbf-l] Iowa now allows visually impaired citizens to carry guns legally

Tue Sep 10 17:54:42 UTC 2013

Bob, good for you.  I know of a blind guy who successfully defended 
his home against a robbery with a shotgun.  Although, I don't want a 
gun myself, I'm glad that you have one.

earlier, Bob Clark, wrote:
>Hello Mark:
>
>Well, since I don't know your position on this issue, I don't know if
>this will get you started or not.
>
>I am a totally blind gun owner and have owned a gun for the last 10
>years.  Although I seldom carry it, I do have the right and have on
>several occasions when certain situations dictated.
>
>My primary reason for owning a gun is to protect my family as well as
>myself in case of home invasion.  I can think of nothing worse than to
>be held as a defenseless hostage while someone threatened my family.
>
>If one is responsible and is properly trained, there is absolutely no
>reason why a blind person should not own a gun for personal protection
>purposes.
>
>Finally based upon your signature, one can conclude that you are a
>liberal as well as a pacifist.  That is your choice but don't impose
>your opinions on other people.
>
>Have a great day.
>
>           Bob Clark
>
>
>On 9/10/13, Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> > Do not, and I do mean do not, get me started on this one.  I will bridle my
> >
> > tongue so I don't start a controversy, but it's darn hard.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Tardif
> > Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan Dicey
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> > Subject: [Nfbf-l] Iowa now allows visually impaired citizens to carry
> > gunslegally
> >
> >     Iowa now allows visually impaired citizens to carry guns legally
> > By Robert Kingett, disability reporter.
> >
> > Robert Kingett is a blind journalist in Chicago who covers anything and
> > everything disability, including sports, human-interest stories, and
> > advocacy reports. He was ranked as top disability journalist by the staffin
> >
> > august. To have Robert cover your disability event or story, please visit
> > his website. www.robertkingett.com
> >
> > Sep 8, 2013 - 6 hours ago in Politics
> > Iowa - Recently a state law was passed that would allow blind and visually
> > impaired people in Iowa to carry firearms. Residents and advocacy agents
> > have varying opinions on the issue.
> > No one questions the legality of the permits. State law does not allow
> > sheriffs to deny an Iowan the right to carry a weapon based on physical
> > ability.
> > The quandary centers squarely on public safety. Advocates for the disabled
> > and Iowa law enforcement officers disagree over whether it's a 
> good idea for
> >
> > visually disabled Iowans to have weapons.
> > On one side: People such as Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington, who
> > demonstrated for this report how blind people can be taught to shoot guns.
> > And Jane Hudson, executive director of Disability Rights Iowa, who says
> > blocking visually impaired people from the right to obtain weapon permits
> > would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.  That federal law
> > generally prohibits different treatment based on disabilities.
> > On the other side: People such as Dubuque County Sheriff Don Vrotsos, who
> > said he wouldn't issue a permit to someone who is blind. And 
> Patrick Clancy,
> >
> > superintendent of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, who says guns
> > may be a rare exception to his philosophy that blind people can participate
> >
> > fully in life.
> > Private gun ownership - even hunting - by visually impaired Iowans is
> > nothing new. But the practice of visually impaired residents legally
> > carrying firearms in public became widely possible thanks to gun permit
> > changes that took effect in Iowa in 2011.
> > "It seems a little strange, but the way the law reads, we can't 
> deny them (a
> >
> > permit) just based on that one thing," said Sgt. Jana Abens, a spokeswoman
> > for the Polk County sheriff's office, referring to a visual disability.
> > Polk County officials say they've issued weapons permits to at least three
> > people who can't legally drive and were unable to read the 
> application forms
> >
> > or had difficulty doing so because of visual impairments.
> > And sheriffs in three other counties - Jasper, Kossuth and Delaware - say
> > they have granted permits to residents who they believe have severe visual
> > impairments.
> > "I'm not an expert in vision," Delaware Sheriff John LeClere said. "At what
> >
> > point do vision problems have a detrimental effect to fire a 
> firearm? If you
> >
> > see nothing but a blurry mass in front of you, then I would say 
> you probably
> >
> > shouldn't be shooting.
> >
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