Not Satire: New NRA Video Endorses Gun Permits For Blind People

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3. Independence and equality are fiercely fought for in the world of the blind (you need to read this)

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) supports the right of blind people to own guns.

In my current job I work with and for the blind and vision impaired. I learn something new everyday about issues with blindness and the blind community's ability to figure out ways to negotiate the world. For instance - salt or pepper? They determine it by weight. Salt is heavier.

I have at least two co-workers who actively shoot at gun ranges. Why? Because why shouldn't they?

Independence is a huge issue for the blind. They may need some "special accommodations" - see the ADA - but the saying goes that there are only two things that blind people can't do -- fly a plane and drive a car..... a I have seen them drive cars and change flat tires.

FYI

From the NFB January 2014
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1401/bm140116.htm

In recent days there has been much discussion about whether blind individuals should be permitted to own and/or carry firearms. The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind Americans, understands that guns are dangerous weapons and that anyone who owns, carries, or uses them must therefore exercise great care and sound judgment in doing so. Blindness has no adverse impact on a person’s ability to exercise due care and good judgment. State firearms laws must be applied in a nondiscriminatory manner to blind individuals. Recognizing that laws and regulations regarding the granting of permits to own and/or carry firearms vary throughout our country, our single position on firearms regulation is that a permit to own and/or carry a gun should not be denied to any individual solely on the basis of blindness.

It is indeed true that “blindness has no adverse impact on a person’s ability to exercise due care and good judgment.” Those who reflexively say that blind people should not possess guns are likely doing so under the mistaken belief that blind people are intrinsically unable to exercise good judgment or due care when deciding whether to own or discharge a firearm. That belief assumes that a blind person is incapable of being anything other than careless and that a blind person will haphazardly fire without any awareness or regard where the bullet may strike. Such a belief is based on a lack of understanding of blindness and of the capabilities of people who are blind. It assumes that blind people lack the ability to reason and exercise common sense.