Blind Man Upset He Was Turned Down For A Gun Permit

[matcom]

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A North Dakota man who is styling himself as "America's first sightless gunslinger" is claiming to be the victim of discrimination because Minnesota won't give a blind man a permit to carry a gun in public.

Carey McWilliams, 33, of Fargo says he carries one anyway when he crosses the state line because his Utah permit is accepted in Minnesota. But he isn't sure that will always be so.

Any use he would make of his gun, he said, would be a response to an assault and wouldn't put anyone other than his attacker in jeopardy. "It would be self-defense, at point-blank range, with ammo that doesn't go any further than the assailant," McWilliams said Tuesday.

In neighboring Moorhead, Minn., Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist said he didn't feel he had a choice but to deny the permit application.

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1186120.html

[rug]

1. Well, there's a new plank for the GOP platform.

[zanne]

8. Don't forget driver's licenses. nt

[madinmaryland]

2. Where's Wayne LaPierre and the NRA on this one!!1!!

The second amendment says nothing about blind people being banned from having weapons.

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[DS1]

3. Ohh. ammo that stops all by itself!

Someone needs to drug this guy up and tattoo "MORON" on his forehead as a warning to others

[bicentennial_baby]

4. That's some special ammo he's got there!

:rofl: Stops right where you want it to! :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Maybe he'll play "Marco Polo" with his victim.

:hide:

[DS1]

6. Or wear a suicide bomber vest

just to make sure he gets the perp

[bicentennial_baby]

7. ....

:spray:

:rofl:

:hi:

[Richard Steele]

9. That caught my eye as well.

Sounds like some fascinating stuff- I wonder where he gets it?
I'd really like to try some of that myself sometime!

[underpants]

10. RELATED-Va. gun raffle to raise money to fight off NYC catching gun shops breaking the law

Mayor Bloomberg sent some people down with videotapes and they clearly made gun purchases for other people. Now WE are having a gun raffle (there was some concern about gambling laws) to raise money to fight off the charges that are ON VIDEOTAPE.

The raffle is being held in a government building.

We also have a law coming into effect July 1 to stop NYC or anyone else from coming and catching our gun shops breaking the law.

I'm not kidding. Our Att.Gen. (Regent University grad) is fighting for their right to break our own laws.
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