I've heard tales of legally blind people ddriving cars. People tell these
tales with pride. My silent response is that a blind person who drives a car
on a public street or highway is a selfish ass. I also think that elderly
people whose reaction times have slowed and whose vision may be severely
impaired are doing a disservice to others, as well as themselves, when they
continue to drive. Given that our culture emphasizes automobile use in terms
of convenience and lack of funds for public transportation, I understand why
people feel as they do. Nevertheless, reality intrudes. In the same way, I
believe that a blind person who chooses to own and use guns at his
discretion, is a selfish ass. If shooting at a target with a sighted
instructor at a shooting range is part of a rehab program, I have no
problem. But if that is a precursor to that blind individual owning and
using guns on his own, I have a problem. If blind people believe that
government should provide them with an even playing field, should alter the
environment to meet their special needs, then they should also accept
government restrictions on their activities in situations where their
blindness might cause harm to others.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 11:10 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: A tidbit from Hillary's speeches
Okay, so I have my head in the sand...or in the clouds, but I am totally
against firearms of any kind, owned by anyone. Of course I understand that
this will never happen in the lifetime of anyone on this list, but that is
my position.
Don't tell me that criminals can always get guns. Drunks can always get
cars. Should that stop us from having laws that protect our People? This
nation leads the world in gun violence, both civilian and by those who are
supposed to protect us from violence. And I know that people meet violent
death by many means, every day of the year.
But I'd rather be met by a drunk carrying a knife, than the same drunk
packing a gun. Out here in the quiet wilderness...except for hunting
season, we gather up the broken beer bottles and booze bottles and food
wrappers tossed aside by people who don't give a good God Damn about the
rights of others. These are law abiding citizens! And they are after the
Bucks who have the good sense to have already moved to the high mountain
canyons, leaving only the Does behind. When we used to put up signs telling
hunters to not trespass, and declaring our property to be "gun free", the
signs were shot off the trees. And so were the,, "School bus stop" signs.
The conclusion I draw from years of observing careless behavior by hunters,
is that we are far too infantile to be allowed to own deadly guns.
But frankly, if a citizen can head for the hills, packing a weapon and a jug
of hootch, then I would say that any totally blind, sober person would be
safer. Nonetheless, I never plan to own a gun, nor to allow hunting on my
property.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/22/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is particularly for Joe whom it will bother the most, I think.
She's talking about gun control here.
It was a law that is what we call in Washington it sunsetted. So it
went out at the end of 10 years. And since then there has been a
concerted effort by the gun lobby to basically end all restrictions on
guns. And I don't think that's what is called for under the
Constitution. I think that there are a number of sensible steps that
can and should be taken. [.] And one of the new claims that they're
making is that blind people deserve to have their Constitutional
rights, and deserve to have guns. And that you kind of think to
yourself, that's almost beyond imagination. And it's pushing and
pushing and pushing because there's no push back." [Hillary Clinton
Remarks at Nexenta, 8/28/14]
Miriam
Hai
