autiger4life 3 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 LEBANON, N.H.  Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani is leaving the door open to allowing the blind and physically disabled to carry guns.During a town hall meeting in northwestern New Hampshire Tuesday night, Giuliani told a former police officer blinded in the line of duty and concerned about the former New York City mayor's stance on guns, "You don't have to worry." "You have a constitutional right, that is protected, to bear and carry arms. It is the Second Amendment," Giuliani told about 200 attendees in a high school gymnasium in Lebanon. "If someone disagrees with that, you have to get the Constitution changed." He added that he believes in only three restrictions for those wishing to exercise their Second Amendment right  a previous criminal record, a history of mental instability and an age requirement. Kenyon Tuthill, 61, who served as a Suffolk County, N.H., police officer until his injury, told FOX News that he was satisfied with Giuliani's answer. During his two terms as mayor, Giuliani supported strict gun laws at both the local and national level and advocated the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. But as a presidential candidate, he vows to protect Second Amendment rights at the federal level allowing state and local authorities to determine their own "reasonable" restrictions. New Hampshire, the Live Free Or Die State, is known for its limited gun-control laws, including no waiting period for purchases, no background checks for buyers of rifles and shotguns and no restrictions on children under 18 possessing firearms, according to the Brady Campaign, a gun-control advocacy group. But the rural state with lots of sportsmen and a high rate of gun ownership annually has fewer than 100 total murders, including non-gun crimes, and Second Amendment rights are hugely important to constituents of both parties. New Hampshire allows the blind to possess firearms, Tuthill said. foxnews.com I guess here is my issue: the reason that children can't have guns is because they will not be safe with them, how can you argue that a blind person will be safe with them? And the argument that they could be safe with them doesn't work because ex-criminals could turn over a new leaf, but there is to great a chance that they wouldn't be safe with them IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinCrimson 61 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 He added that he believes in only three restrictions for those wishing to exercise their Second Amendment right  a previous criminal record, a history of mental instability and an age requirement. Who is he to say when he isn't allowed to carry a gun in New Hampshire himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCTAU 3,350 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 If I am a burglar an I am looking at which house to rob, if I know the folks have a gun, blind or otherwise, I stay away from that person. Just because the guy is blind does not mean he'll whip out the gun and start shooting. He has the same rights as anyone to have the opportunity to protect himself. The government sure hasn't proven to be able to do it. Sure they catch the bad guys many times, but the rape, robbery, or murder has already occurred by then. If you are scared the blind guy might shoot you, then don't screw with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autiger4life 3 Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 If I am a burglar an I am looking at which house to rob, if I know the folks have a gun, blind or otherwise, I stay away from that person. Just because the guy is blind does not mean he'll whip out the gun and start shooting. He has the same rights as anyone to have the opportunity to protect himself. The government sure hasn't proven to be able to do it. Sure they catch the bad guys many times, but the rape, robbery, or murder has already occurred by then. If you are scared the blind guy might shoot you, then don't screw with him. If a child molester is looking for a child to molest he will go to the one who doesn't have a gun so lets let any child get a gun since they too are protected by the constitution. Oh wait, that is a terrible idea, just like letting a person who cannot see be able to fire a deadly weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,055 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 If I am a burglar an I am looking at which house to rob, if I know the folks have a gun, blind or otherwise, I stay away from that person. Just because the guy is blind does not mean he'll whip out the gun and start shooting. He has the same rights as anyone to have the opportunity to protect himself. The government sure hasn't proven to be able to do it. Sure they catch the bad guys many times, but the rape, robbery, or murder has already occurred by then. If you are scared the blind guy might shoot you, then don't screw with him. If a child molester is looking for a child to molest he will go to the one who doesn't have a gun so lets let any child get a gun since they too are protected by the constitution. Oh wait, that is a terrible idea, just like letting a person who cannot see be able to fire a deadly weapon. No that child molester will just get the gay lobby behind him (pun intended) and sue to be a boy scout leader. Which you would be all for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCTAU 3,350 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 If I am a burglar an I am looking at which house to rob, if I know the folks have a gun, blind or otherwise, I stay away from that person. Just because the guy is blind does not mean he'll whip out the gun and start shooting. He has the same rights as anyone to have the opportunity to protect himself. The government sure hasn't proven to be able to do it. Sure they catch the bad guys many times, but the rape, robbery, or murder has already occurred by then. If you are scared the blind guy might shoot you, then don't screw with him. If a child molester is looking for a child to molest he will go to the one who doesn't have a gun so lets let any child get a gun since they too are protected by the constitution. Oh wait, that is a terrible idea, just like letting a person who cannot see be able to fire a deadly weapon. YOU ARE A MORON. The law states that a person must be 21 to carry a weapon. No one mentioned children. That's where a responsible adult comes in and carries the gun. That's where a responsible adult watches out for and protects their child. That's what we gun nuts do. We look for anything that might bring harm to our families and then try to avoid or eliminate it. You sound like Winshit now, in that maybe you don't have anyone to take care of and protect. And from the sound of it, if you do, they are just future victims. Good luck with that. And wouldn't it be great if a child did kill a child molester. Beats the hell out of the alternative. But you would probably picket for the molester's rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Al 0 Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I don't know, CCT. If I'm a burglar I'm probably not going to break into a house, whether there's a gun there or not (not sure how you'd know anyway), if someone's there. I'd probably rather rob a house when no one's home, but, that's just me. I think a dog would be a better deterrent than a blind guy with a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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