A thoughtful response from a sheriff. Anyone who considers the situation for more than a few seconds, can see how there are situations in which a blind person could effectively use a firearm to defend themselves.
“I see no way a visually impaired person can operate a motor vehicle
safely,” Wethington said. “But a firearm can be drawn and discharged,
and truthfully it’s safer that way than a sighted person shooting five
or 10 yards away. Because there is a possibility they could miss. If you
have someone on top of you, and you rotate the weapon into them and
make a contact shot, you’re not going to miss.”
Wethington says
sighted people are often in situations in which their vision is
impaired, for example at nighttime, yet they are allowed to carry a gun.
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