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

Wed Sep 11 20:22:07 UTC 2013

Well Bob.
your poitis well taken, however, why would anyone want to invade your home 
or premises without former knowledge of a profitable gain?  I think that you 
should protect your  home, and family is admirable, but thieves only invade 
premises when it is profitable.  Violence is not the answer.

Willie Lucas

----- Original Message ----- 
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
>>
>> 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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