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KamaAina

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4. They have a point about "the mistaken belief"

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 02:02 PM

Aug 2014

Ableism is even more rampant than all the other -isms.

But is a gun somehow less dangerous than a car? Or is the NFB advocating for blind drivers? That'd make Stevie Wonder happy; he once did a PSA that said "Before I ride with a drunk driver, I'll drive myself!"

Having also worked with many blind people over the years, I can almost picture them targeting by sound -- slowly. I would not have a problem with them firing at ranges -- but open carry?!

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Not Satire: New NRA Video Endorses Gun Permits For Blind People [View all] KamaAina Aug 2014 OP

...you hear someone break into your house, so you yell..."Marco" NightWatcher Aug 2014 #1

The stupid. It burns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #2

Independence and equality are fiercely fought for in the world of the blind (you need to read this) underpants Aug 2014 #3

They have a point about "the mistaken belief" KamaAina Aug 2014 #4

Also from the NFB underpants Aug 2014 #5

I am quite familiar with the NFB KamaAina Aug 2014 #6

Yes there is no coddling with the NFB underpants Aug 2014 #8

From the article KamaAina Aug 2014 #19

Low vision underpants Aug 2014 #24

Drivers license too? flamin lib Aug 2014 #25

If everybody should get a gun Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #7

Pardon me, UncleYoder Aug 2014 #9

DUzy!! KamaAina Aug 2014 #11

So you are willing to discriminate and remove a right without due process based on a disability? Lurks Often Aug 2014 #10

I was thinking of total blindness KamaAina Aug 2014 #12

Driving is a privilege, not a right Lurks Often Aug 2014 #14

But it is far more essential to daily life than gun ownership KamaAina Aug 2014 #16

So is food and water and for some coffee :D Lurks Often Aug 2014 #20

You do have a point KamaAina Aug 2014 #17

I can see your point and I dislike the idea for the most part loyalsister Aug 2014 #13

Again, driving. KamaAina Aug 2014 #15

Driving hasn't been classified as a right loyalsister Aug 2014 #21

So if this is all about rights and freedoms...what about the freedoms and rights of the Rex Aug 2014 #18

What really frosts me is the RW using people with disabilities to further their cause KamaAina Aug 2014 #22

The NRA would pitch guns to zombies, if they existed. Rex Aug 2014 #23

They forgot Turbineguy Aug 2014 #26

Discriminating against people with disabilities is wrong. 4now Aug 2014 #27

So is using us to pitch RW talking points. KamaAina Aug 2014 #28

Supporting the rights of the disabled is a right wing talking point? 4now Aug 2014 #30

No, guns for everyone is a right-wing talking point. KamaAina Aug 2014 #32

According the classic definition of right wing, it's not. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #43

Mmmm-kay. Which party almost unanimously supports the NRA? KamaAina Aug 2014 #44

Neither unanimously supports it. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #46

That's several more than there are in Congress KamaAina Aug 2014 #47

Bloomberg is a high ranking example. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #52

Bloomberg left the GOP a few years ago. KamaAina Aug 2014 #54

That's news to me. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #56

"Guns for everyone" is an anti-gun strawman. beevul Aug 2014 #50

Guns for blind people IS pretty much everyone. KamaAina Aug 2014 #51

If theres an "except", then by definition, it isn't "everyone". beevul Aug 2014 #53

Actually, I can't think of anyone advocating for violent criminals' Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #59

Again, the relevant example is driving. KamaAina Aug 2014 #33

Visually impaired people are allowed to drive 4now Aug 2014 #35

Up to a certain point KamaAina Aug 2014 #37

Not the same as an arbitrary ban on sight impaired people owning guns. 4now Aug 2014 #39

Where did I say I was for an arbitrary ban? KamaAina Aug 2014 #40

They are not banned from owning cars, only operating them in public roads. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #45

Is that license required to own a motor vehicle? beevul Aug 2014 #57

It is required to register said vehicle KamaAina Aug 2014 #60

No, in most places it isn't. beevul Aug 2014 #63

Owning a gun is a right that can be taken away but not for being blind aikoaiko Aug 2014 #36

My brother who is legally blind from birth goes to a shooting range and is assisted while shooting aikoaiko Aug 2014 #29

Some people don't understand blindness 4now Aug 2014 #31

Hey! How else are they gonna crack walnuts? rock Aug 2014 #34

DUzy!! KamaAina Aug 2014 #38

is making fun of blind people really that funny? 4now Aug 2014 #48

Blind people themselves make tons of blind jokes KamaAina Aug 2014 #49

I stand corrected making fun of the disabled is great fun. 4now Aug 2014 #55

You must hate Family Guy and Farrelly Brothers movies. KamaAina Aug 2014 #61

You are free to laugh at the disabled all that you want. 4now Aug 2014 #62

One of my friends with low vision just checked in. His response: KamaAina Aug 2014 #41

Those of you eagerly supporting the right of blind people to have guns...... Paladin Aug 2014 #42

Defending civil rights for all is a core Liberal value. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #58