December 12, 2006
But They Have Seeing Eye Dogs!
Wait, you mean blind people weren’t allowed to hunt before?
Lawmaker aims to allow the blind to hunt
A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt. Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a measure that would allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.
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“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.
Honestly, though, I never realized it was illegal for blind people to hunt. It seems almost like such a preposterous idea that there simply wouldn’t be any laws written covering the situation. Perhaps, of course, hunting requires licenses and the law simply allows blind people to be granted a license.
This reminds me of my childhood, though. My older sister is a smart girl, but occasionally didn’t think much before she spoke. We were talking one day about blind people, and she was surprised that blind people weren’t allowed to drive, and exclaimed “But they have seeing eye dogs!” Yes, yes they do.
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Brad, I want to see you sister get in a car in which the seeing eye dog is driving. I’ll bet that she will get out right away….that’s funny.