Blind Man Wins Court Battle To Own Guns

[james_bond_007]

Blind Man Wins Court Battle To Own Guns, and Has Amazing Aim to Boot
http://www.guns.com/blind-sharpshoot...ourt-7923.html

A blind man has won a court battle to own and fire guns. If this is all familiar, it's because Guns.com covered the story a few weeks back. Well, now that the legal battle has ended, Steven Hopler, his attorney and his beloved handguns have come out on top.

Hopler has been a gun lover all his life, but diabetes robbed him of his vision in 1991. When Hopler accidentally shot himself in the leg while cleaning one of his weapons in 2008, the police decided that he was unfit for gun ownership (because it's the job of police officers to decide that, evidently) and removed Hopler's firearms. Hopler decided to take the issue to the courts.

Hopler's attorney, Gregg Trautman, claimed that Hopler was just being singled out for his disability, and that the police simply didn't want a blind man to own firearms. The judge overseeing the case concluded that it didn't really matter what the police think and decided to give Hopler's guns back, adding that removing his guns went against his constitutional right to bear arms.

Trautman celebrated the victory when he told reporters, "It's a hobby and you know what? It's his right." Amen to that.

The most amusing thing about this whole tale is that Hopler is apparently a rather good shot. Hopler's friends claim that he has incredible aim, even now that he is non-sighted. And the state was concerned that he was an unfit owner? Pfft.

[josh7328]

Good for him. Just because you are blind doesnt mean that you should lose your constitutional rights. My grandfather was blind, and I have ZERO doubt in my mind that he could have been somewhat successful defending himself at close range with a gun.

[tmleadr03]

Did he type the title for the thread?

[SideShow Bob]

Did he type the title for the thread?

[james_bond_007]

Did he type the title for the thread?

No, that was me and my FAT FINGERS ....

If anyone that CAN fix it wants too, go ahead...I didn't think it was worth the asking.

[theGinsue]

Did he type the title for the thread?

No, that was me and my FAT FINGERS ....

If anyone that CAN fix it wants too, go ahead...I didn't think it was worth the asking.

I fixed it.

[hammer03]

Good for him. But if he shoots the wrong guy, THEN he gets them taken away.

Wonder though, if he's "legally" blind, or actually blind?


That, and the whole shooting ones self while cleaning a gun, I don't buy... Doesn't make it the police's place to take his guns, but it certainly should have been a wake up call for the guy...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

At what point does he become a danger to himself and others?

[ben4372]

If he can drive to Walmart to buy ammo, let him shoot it.

[lead_magnet]

If he can drive to Walmart to buy ammo, let him shoot it.

Ummm....I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that he probably doesn't drive.