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<blockquote data-quote="Brandi" data-source="post: 2410441" data-attributes="member: 24446">The Zimmerman case isn&#039;t exactly what I&#039;m talking about.&nbsp; In that case the guy could see just fine, was aware of his surroundings and could easily see where he was and what he was doing until someone was on him trying to kill him.&nbsp; If someone can only see shapes and bits of light that person has no idea if he&#039;s in real danger unless someone was wailing on him and then, yeah, he could probably take a point blank shot but otherwise the threat is an indistinguishable shape that may or may not be armed, may be a kid with a finger gun or just shapes.&nbsp; If the bad guy was on top of him that&#039;s one thing but if someone is going to attack a blind guy or a &quot;legally&quot; blind guy they probably aren&#039;t going to do it through a ground and pound session. Its a hard question to answer and telling someone who&#039;s not a felon they can&#039;t carry a gun doesn&#039;t sit well with me but if you can&#039;t identify your target...&nbsp; I suppose you could leave it up to the discretion of the blind person and assume they are responsible enough not take a bad shot.&nbsp; All things considered I&#039;ve seen some people who can see just fine but are completely inept with a gun and they can carry so what&#039;s the difference, a responsible blind person trumps a moron who can see.&nbsp; I guess I&#039;ll say if a blind guy feels like he&#039;s capable of safely using a gun then let him.&nbsp; Hard to ban something that hasn&#039;t even happened, I retract my no vote earlier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brandi, post: 2410441, member: 24446"] The Zimmerman case isn't exactly what I'm talking about. In that case the guy could see just fine, was aware of his surroundings and could easily see where he was and what he was doing until someone was on him trying to kill him. If someone can only see shapes and bits of light that person has no idea if he's in real danger unless someone was wailing on him and then, yeah, he could probably take a point blank shot but otherwise the threat is an indistinguishable shape that may or may not be armed, may be a kid with a finger gun or just shapes. If the bad guy was on top of him that's one thing but if someone is going to attack a blind guy or a "legally" blind guy they probably aren't going to do it through a ground and pound session. Its a hard question to answer and telling someone who's not a felon they can't carry a gun doesn't sit well with me but if you can't identify your target... I suppose you could leave it up to the discretion of the blind person and assume they are responsible enough not take a bad shot. All things considered I've seen some people who can see just fine but are completely inept with a gun and they can carry so what's the difference, a responsible blind person trumps a moron who can see. I guess I'll say if a blind guy feels like he's capable of safely using a gun then let him. Hard to ban something that hasn't even happened, I retract my no vote earlier. [/QUOTE]

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