Texas to let the blinds hunt.
From Associated Press:
(AP) A lawmaker in this firearm-friendly state wants to help more people get the chance to shoot live animals _ even if those people can't see.
A bill filed for the 2007 legislative session would permit legally blind hunters to use laser sights, or lighted pointing instruments.
"This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that's great," said Republican Rep. Edmund Kuempel, the bill's sponsor.
Visually impaired people are allowed to shoot now with the aid of a sighted person, he said, a requirement that would continue if the sights were legalized.
"I've seen this on TV before, when they're taking target practice," Kuempel said. "When they aim the gun, the guide tells them, aim two inches higher or two inches lower and you're on the target, and you're off and running."
Kuempel's bill would give the state until Jan. 1, 2008, to come up with a definition of legally blind so the law could be enforced.
Under existing law, the use of laser sights, spotlights and headlights is strictly prohibited in all Texas hunting. The practice can have the effect of making animals stand still as the light shines on them. Hunters using sights under the proposed legislation would have to carry proof that they are legally blind.
An accident waiting to happen?
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that's what corrective vision is for
i agree that it's pretty scary, but legally blind is still vision that's able to be corrected with contacts and glasses. i'm not terribly far off of legally blind, and i see just fine when i have my contacts in. i had a friend growing up who was legally blind and while her glasses were thick as hell, she still saw fine with them on
i agree that it's pretty scary, but legally blind is still vision that's able to be corrected with contacts and glasses. i'm not terribly far off of legally blind, and i see just fine when i have my contacts in. i had a friend growing up who was legally blind and while her glasses were thick as hell, she still saw fine with them on
"I think you may be confusing government running amok with government doing stuff you don't like. See, you're in the minority now. It's supposed to taste like a shit taco." - Jon Stewart
Actually, to be truly legally blind it can't be correctable.
My eyes are horrid and close to the legally blind point (I think it's 20/200) but they are correctable so I wouldn't qualify.
My eyes are horrid and close to the legally blind point (I think it's 20/200) but they are correctable so I wouldn't qualify.
Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
What I mean is, legally blind doesn't mean for people to be walking around with a cane unable to see. It can be corrected to a point, just not to perfect. People are perfectly functional as legally blind - not ray charles blind.
"I think you may be confusing government running amok with government doing stuff you don't like. See, you're in the minority now. It's supposed to taste like a shit taco." - Jon Stewart
Re: An accident waiting to happen?
This law would actually make things safer.
Raymond S. Kraft wrote:The history of the world is the history of civilizational clashes, cultural clashes. All wars are about ideas, ideas about what society and civilization should be like, and the most determined always win.
Those who are willing to be the most ruthless always win. The pacifists always lose, because the anti-pacifists kill them.