Patchwork
12-19-2006, 03:59 PM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1810177.htm
A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt.
State representative, Edmund Kuempel, has introduced a measure that will allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.
Under the bill, blind hunters will be required to have a sighted hunter with them, and will be allowed to use laser sights which are currently not allowed.
The sighted hunter will help the blind person aim at the target, but Mr Kuempel says the blind hunter will be able to pull the trigger.
Observers say the bill may find little resistance in Texas where politicians of all stripes endorse the popular pastime.
....Yeah.
I think I think I'm gonna start cutting down on my nature walks soon.
A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt.
State representative, Edmund Kuempel, has introduced a measure that will allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.
Under the bill, blind hunters will be required to have a sighted hunter with them, and will be allowed to use laser sights which are currently not allowed.
The sighted hunter will help the blind person aim at the target, but Mr Kuempel says the blind hunter will be able to pull the trigger.
Observers say the bill may find little resistance in Texas where politicians of all stripes endorse the popular pastime.
....Yeah.
I think I think I'm gonna start cutting down on my nature walks soon.