http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/08/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/2780303/
Alright I'm all for gun rights (as long as they are proper) but come on. You honestly think that a blind person should have the right to carry, and possibly shoot a gun, who cannot legally see?? What happens if they hit somebody else?
That is a few different kinds of retarded. I'm generally against citizens being able to acquire firearms because lets face it, people are pretty stupid. I think to be able to get a gun, you should have to go through a few weekends of training on how to handle various types of firearms. Teach them the basics including basic safety and rules of target acquisition (Make sure your target is something you mean to shoot, make sure nothing is behind your target, including innocent people before firing, that sort of thing). And for people using it for home defense, teach them how to properly secure their house. The last thing you want is some dope walking through a doorway with his gun held out all the way infront of him so the home invader can just grab the damn thing, or god forbid one of their kids gets out of bed and startles the gun wielder and the idiot opens fire on the first target he sees.
And I think if you go to the training course and fail it (maybe because you're BLIND), there should be a 6 month wait to try again. It would really quickly start to weed out people who are going to be future firearms accident victims and perpetrators.
Also! Too many people leave their goddamn guns unsecured where kids can get them. Lock that shit up.