What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

[ckj846]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

I see no point in this. At all. That is pretty inhumane from my standpoint. I mean, it is part of the thrill of the hunt to see your prize at the end of the kill and to be able to say that you killed it yourself. This is a slap to the face to blind people because they get a "taste" of what hunting is like, except they don't get the whole thrill because it is physically impossible at this point. It is like having a handicapped man picked up and dragged along a track during a race and finishing in first place; even though the handicapped person couldn't use his/her legs, he still had the THRILL of "winning." In a sense. Making a law for or against this is a waste of time in general. There are much more important things in this country to worry about. I'm not saying I don't like blind people and I'm not saying that they don't deserve the privledge to hunt. I just find it pointless and a waste of time on behalf of government to be fretting over a useless law.
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[GuidoHunter]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

Tell me why blind people want to hunt in the first place, so much that a LAW has to be put up for approval?

I mean, being blind probably isn't the most fun in the world and not being able to do things most people can do probably sucks, but personally I'd feel safer without the gun in the hands of a person who cannot see.

This goes partly for ckj, too: The wasted time came when the law against blind hunting was made in the first place, though one can understand why it was there.

Hunting is a fantastic diversion. I'd be really sad if I never got to do it again, especially if there is a safe and reasonable means of doing it. It's not about what is safer; it's about experiencing something fun that you ordinarily wouldn't get to.

I see no point in this. At all. That is pretty inhumane from my standpoint. I mean, it is part of the thrill of the hunt to see your prize at the end of the kill and to be able to say that you killed it yourself. This is a slap to the face to blind people because they get a "taste" of what hunting is like, except they don't get the whole thrill because it is physically impossible at this point. It is like having a handicapped man picked up and dragged along a track during a race and finishing in first place; even though the handicapped person couldn't use his/her legs, he still had the THRILL of "winning." In a sense.

You don't hunt very much, do you?

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[talisman]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

I don't see why people are debating what possible motives blind people could have to hunt... that is completely irrelevant. The only thing germane to the argument here is whether or not the hunting itself is safe.

[Tokzic]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

People who are saying "what's so fun about pulling a trigger and getting a dead thing": You can be condescending about any hobby. Racing? It's just driving in a circle. Drawing? It's just making marks on a page. Soccer? Ooh, let's kick a ball into their net before they can kick a ball into ours!

Guido: I wasn't referring to a blind hunter shooting people beside him, but others around him in general. The court situation would really be a matter of manslaughter and not murder.

You simply asked what's bad about letting blind people hunt, so I said what's bad about letting blind people hunt. I would probably side with the blind people, to be honest. I know that if there was any possible way to continue my hobbies after I have been rendered unable to do them, I would take it.

ps guido created a topic about hunting and used the words "y'all" and "plumb" in it

texanometer just exploded

[tsugomaru]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

And these Blind people will be sane, as said. They will not go psycho on you and shoot around randomly or by mistake. Like anyone while hunting, you don't shoot and reload as fast as possible at random.

~Tsugomaru

[spyke252]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

Well, I see no opposition.

I only hunt coons in Mississippi every once in a while, and it's not like you can spend hours aiming the gun [/exaggeration]. Is this like that way for all hunted animals? I would assume so.

Now, is it reasonable to assume that they can aim in a decently short amount of time? I really don't want the team rushing.

[tsugomaru]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

Well, I never said that you had to take hours aiming to shoot. It's just that any sane guy will not be shooting and reloading in seconds over and over and randomly shooting in random directions.

If so, they shouldn't even be able to get hold of a gun in the first place.

~Tsugomaru

[Reach]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

I hate the fact some of you are making blind people sound like dumb soulless idiots. Just because someone is blind does not mean they are completely cut off from the world around them, especially if they have been blind from a very early age. Really, you guys are in no position to tell someone what they can and can't enjoy.

And it's not like blind people are automatically stupid. 'Wow I can't see anything I think I'm just going to shoot madly now that I have a gun!'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation

I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be able to hunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpBm4KoWsrY

He's not the only one that can do that, either. There are plenty of them (millions).

Mind you most of them don't rely on it entirely. But really, blind people are people just like anyone else and can enjoy a lot of things. Saying they can't enjoy it because they can't see is so ignorant.

[tsugomaru]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

This is exactly what I'm saying.

By the way, the video is amazing.

~Tsugomaru

[Cavernio]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

This really has nothing to do with anything, but someone near where I live a few years ago shot and killed the driver of a pick-up truck on a back road while hunting. They claimed to have thought the truck was a deer. I think they got charged with manslaughter.

[MixMasterLar]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

Old topic, but if anyone is still reading it....

I like to ask how good can I aim if the gun Im aiming is in someone else's hand's? let's forget that their blind and just say that Im holding a gun trying to shoot a target and you need to help me by aiming it.you hunt, right?

I know what you mean. I live with a Handicap aunt who cant walk and finding outings for the family is not easy. I love it when people find ways around their probs but This Is Not Safe! sure some people might be able to pull it off but for most it's not a great idea.

[Meteor858]

Re: What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

its hard for me to agree or disagree with anyone at this point imo...

i believe that if a blind person wants to hunt... hell! let them hunt!

but as was stated earlier, there is a much higher chance for accident with a blind man handling a gun than a man who can see...

even people who can see sometimes make mistakes... (do i have to revisit the time when dick cheny shot that guy on accident while hunting? and cheny is neither blind or crazy... ook so we dont know about the crazy part but he's not blind) all im saying is that its ok for blind people to want to hunt and i respect that but if there are blind people hunting in the same area that im in... IM LEAVING