What's bad about letting blind people hunt?

[GuidoHunter]

So, a Texas lawmaker is trying to get it legal for blind people to hunt. The stipulations? They have to be accompanied by a sighted person, and that person must be the one to aim the gun; the blind person can only hold and shoot the gun.

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Under the bill, blind hunters would be required to have a sighted hunter with them and would be allowed to use laser sights and other devices that are currently not allowed.

"A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top," said Terry Erwin, the Austin-based Hunter Education Coordinator with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger," he told Reuters.

I'm elsewhere engaged in a discussion about this, where people are VERY quick to yell "this is a horrible idea" without giving reasons why. So, I'm here. FFR, can y'all give me a good reason why allowing blind people to hunt in accordance with this bill is a bad idea?

I'm holding the assumption that, when given a gun, blind people don't turn into blithering idiots with no capacity for reason. That is, they aren't going to irresponsibly be shooting in random directions without the guidance of a sighted person; they will be acting in accordance with the law.

Also, people who don't see the necessity for such a law: don't even start. It isn't germane here, and there is PLENTY of reason for it to exist.

--Guido

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