Summary: Iowa has no right to deny the visually impaired a gun. The state has no law restriction on fun involving the visually impaired so that makes them allowed the right to bear arms. Lawmakers in Iowa are unsure about this because they believe that the visually impaired will not see their target and shoot something else other than what they were aiming for, but the national federation for the blind backs up the visually impaired saying that they know when to use the gun or not.
Analysis: This article was written by Dylan Stableford on September 8, 2013 at 1:45. The main idea of this paragraph was to inform the reader that the visually impaired were allowed to bear arms, when most citizens did not even know that they were allowed. The audience he was directing this article to was the community as a whole to notify them in the changes of the laws. My concern over this topic is that what of the visually impaired shoot something they are not suppose to like a cop? What if a family member came over and they thought he was a burglar? All that leaves you is a death you or someone else deeply cares about and lifetime of grief from the result of killing a person. My beliefs and concerns is that the visually impaired should not have guns because they won't know who is it they are shooting or were the target is. What if they miss and shoot the stove and cause a gas leak? That leaves with something that can go up in flames in seconds. Then both the intruder and the shooter die. I believe that if the visually impaired can not read or see the gun permits form they should not be allowed to have guns. I am on the lawmakers side, they can't do anything because the law entitles them to the right but they believe that it is wrong.
- Emily Gray - 5th period
Link:http://news.yahoo.com/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind-174507640.html
I agree with you. There is a lot of downside to granting the right to bear arms. But if they are to grant them this right, then there should be some type of course that they must take in order for them to be able to identify the correct target and aim correctly, etc. Some type of course that not only protects us/pedestrians but also protects them as well.
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I agree. In this case the lawmakers know what they're talking about. How can a visually impaired person be 100% accurate with their shooting, when people that can see aren't even that accurate. It scares me to think that blind people could possibly own a gun, that isn't to be rude, but I just don't see how that would really be beneficial. They're are endless possibilities of things that could go wrong. They are putting themselves in danger as well as everyone around them. Ilana Lemack
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