Here’s some news that has law enforcement officials and lawmakers scratching their heads:
Iowa is granting permits to acquire or carry guns in public to people who are legally or completely blind.
No one questions the legality of the permits. State law does not allow sheriffs to deny an Iowan the right to carry a weapon based on physical ability. The quandary centers squarely on public safety.
Advocates for the disabled and Iowa law enforcement officers disagree over whether it’s a good idea for visually disabled Iowans to have weapons.
They "disagree" over whether or not it is a good idea to allow individuals who CANNOT SEE to have the right to carry a weapon in public which fires a potentially lethal projectile up to and over a mile away? Seriously?
So guns and blind people have been around for hundreds of years, why is this coming up now?
Private gun ownership — even hunting — by visually impaired Iowans is nothing new. But the practice of visually impaired residents legally carrying firearms in public became widely possible thanks to gun permit changes that took effect in Iowa in 2011.
Ah yes, the new push by the NRA to make sure that EVERYBODY in the country has the right to carry a gun. Even if they CAN'T see what in the hell they are shooting at.
Such a good plan.
And really how can the American people say no? After all it is in the Constitution.
Besides without our Founding Fathers Cross-eyed Willie and Blind as a Bat Pete this country might still be serving tea and crumpets instead of good old American food like beer and pork rinds.
You know when real life decisions move beyond the reach of parody, I think it is time to reassess our priorities.
