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To: TurboZamboni

Should blind people be allowed to vote?


2 posted on 09/11/2013 7:29:54 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan
Should blind people be allowed to vote?

Rights based on disabilities? I'm thinking....

So let's consider intelligence as a disability. I think hereditary and learned stupidity can certainly be labelled a disability today. It certainly limits what an individual is capable of. Voting and guns?

I might be persuaded to consider limitations on gun rights based on intelligence IF a civics test and license were required in order to qualify for voting rights. If you can't: Name 3 branches of government, 4 SC Justices, Speaker of House, Senate Maj Leader, VP, SoS and answer some basic US history questions....all in english, you fail. You don't get to vote.

5 posted on 09/11/2013 7:37:29 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Waiting for next tagline.)
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To: coloradan

About half the country is blind and they all voted. Some of them, more than once.


8 posted on 09/11/2013 7:41:20 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: coloradan; All

Anyone who thinks about this for a minute or two can easily envision circumstances where a totally blind woman could effectively use a firearm to defend herself.

(Say, by jamming the muzzle of her pistol into the side of the person attacking her and pulling the trigger.)

So, why would being blind be a reason to strip Second Amendment rights from someone?

People who are not blind can still carry guns at night, when they cannot see well.


12 posted on 09/11/2013 7:56:30 AM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: coloradan

Should blind people be allowed to vote?

Sure. Just not sure what one thing has to do with the other...


20 posted on 09/11/2013 8:30:29 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: coloradan

I don’t think the blind having guns is nearly as dangerous as allowing LIBs/DIMs/RINOs to vote.


29 posted on 09/11/2013 9:31:58 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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