[Nfbf-l] Iowa now allows visually impaired citizens to carrygunslegally

Wed Sep 11 08:45:41 UTC 2013

I really didn't hear Mark post much of an opinion when he sent his first 
e-mail, but you sir definitely did! A good thing about this list is that we 
can share our opinions.

Sherri
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From: "Bob Clark" <bobclark4 at gmail.com>
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carrygunslegally

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
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:54 AM
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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
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> august. To have Robert cover your disability event or story, please visit
> his website. www.robertkingett.com
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> 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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