I have to admit — EB keeps me up-to-date on the bizarre things happening in our world. I’ve just about concluded that our world has gone insane and the only safe place for me is in inside a psychiatric hospital where I’d be surrounded by the few sane people left in the world.<\/p>\n
Steve Jobs once pointed out that what scared him most was that the world was built by people just like him — and us. It was built by ordinary people and therefore we have what we have now – a world full of lunacy, idiotic laws, questionable leaders, governments out of control, etc. \u00a0We’ve become a world of sheep being led astray by political cartoonists posing as world leaders — who prevaricate their way to the top then make decisions that leave us scratching our heads. But we, the sheep, blindly follow – maybe doing a little bah-bah-bahing to each other.<\/p>\n
We have gun enthusiasts who want to put guns in the hands of elementary school children, and gun opponents who want to take guns away. We have people who believe in capital punishment and those who oppose it: The sanctity of life. We have those who oppose abortion and those who don’t: The sanctity of life. We have one billion Facebook users who are there because that’s where everyone else is – like a bunch of high school freshman who want to be in with the cool kids.<\/p>\n
But this article, sent to me by EB this morning, really illuminates the fact that the world is now out of control and common sense is evaporating faster than the polar ice caps are melting.<\/p>\n
\nIowa grants gun permits to the blind<\/h3>\n
No one questions the legality of the permits, but some officials worry about public safety.by Jason Clayworth, The Des Moines Register Sept. 8, 2013 original<\/em><\/p>\n
Cedar County (Iowa) Sheriff Warren Wethington has been teaching his daughter, Bethany, to use firearms. A brain tumor left Bethany, 18, partially blind, but he believes that once she becomes of legal age to purchase firearms, she should not be excluded from her second amendment rights.<\/p>\n
DES MOINES, Iowa — Here’s some news that has law enforcement officials and lawmakers scratching their heads:<\/p>\n
Iowa is granting permits to acquire or carry guns in public to people who are legally or completely blind.<\/p>\n
No one questions the legality of the permits. State law does not allow sheriffs to deny an Iowan the right to carry a weapon based on physical ability.<\/p>\n
The quandary centers squarely on public safety. Advocates for the disabled and Iowa law enforcement officers disagree over whether it’s a good idea for visually disabled Iowans to have weapons.<\/p>\n
On one side: People such as Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington, who demonstrated for The Des Moines Register how blind people can be taught to shoot guns. And Jane Hudson, executive director of Disability Rights Iowa, who says blocking visually impaired people from the right to obtain weapon permits would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. That federal law generally prohibits different treatment based on disabilities<\/p>\n
On the other side: People such as Dubuque County Sheriff Don Vrotsos, who said he wouldn’t issue a permit to someone who is blind. And Patrick Clancy, superintendent of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, who says guns may be a rare exception to his philosophy that blind people can participate fully in life.<\/p>\n
Private gun ownership \u2014 even hunting \u2014 by visually impaired Iowans is nothing new. But the practice of visually impaired residents legally carrying firearms in public became widely possible thanks to gun permit changes that took effect in Iowa in 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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