gun control?

a few weeks ago, while watching the evening news, i saw a story about a Minnesota man who thinks that blind people should be allowed to carry guns for protection.
while sharing this incredible news with some friends, one of them argued that, with training, couldn't a blind person do other recreational shooting?
that, i have no problem with, though i can't see how said person would be able to skeet-shoot with any accuracy. but gun-wielding blind people in a controlled environment, fine. no, my main problem is the "for protection" aspect.
here's how the MN man (who, by the way, owns a gun store) says that blind people would be able to protect themselves. oh, did i mention that he's going to teach a class to instruct the blind of this nifty trick? he reasons that the blind already use a cane, which is swept back and forth in the person's path, to warn themselves of any obstacles. SO...all they have to do is hold the gun in both hands while holding the cane and when the cane hits some human-feeling object, the blind person will know that's the "bad guy" and can then shoot.

because we all know that burglars, if encountering a person in the house they break into, make sure to get within three feet of the homeowner, especially if they're holding a gun and a white cane.

if I broke into a house with intentions to burgle, and saw a blind person, i'd think i had just hit the jackpot. keep my mouth shut, and they can't even be sure i'm a female, right? no height/weight/eye color to give to the cops.

perhaps that's what the store-owner was thinking when he planned on teaching this class. people like me will take advantage of the blind, so they should be able to shoot things that their canes bump against.

as if gun control weren't already a big issue, below is an article i found on MSNBC.com.

Clumsy People With Guns (All-New)
The following people accidentally shot themselves recently: a Fond du Lac, Wis., man, in the abdomen, while using a screwdriver to dislodge a round from his pistol (August); a Nacogdoches, Texas, woman, in the foot while trying to kill a snake on her property (September) (and the same woman, again trying to kill a snake, shot herself in the other foot the next day); a Tennessee Highway Patrolman, in the leg as he holstered his pistol while chasing a fleeing suspect near Maryville (August); a teenage boy, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a food store in New Caney, Texas (August); a 33-year-old Milwaukee man, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a man on the street (October). And Danny Walden, Taylorsville, Ky., was shot by the rifle he had set up in his home as a booby trap to protect his 115 marijuana plants (October). [Fond du Lac Reporter, 8-24-05] [Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches), 9-18-05] [The Tennessean, 8-10-05] [WTRK-TV (Houston), 8-3-05] [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10-24-05] [Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.), 10-5-05]

i can't get over the Texan who shot both of her feet on consecutive days. who teaches these people that snakes require bullets to die? haven't people heard of using a sharp shovel or hoe?

just so you know, the city of Minneapolis' legislators have yet to decide whether to approve the blind-with-guns bill. i'll keep you posted.