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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: ericire12 on February 27, 2010, 06:22:13 PM
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http://www.saysuncle.com/2010/02/26/blind-man-shoots-idpa/
Story here (with video):
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/85444362.html
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Thats awesome.
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Agreed awesome, and that is what shooting sports are about, at least in mho, I once shot with a an older man ( at that time ) named Truman, who had severe Palsy, just watching him load and make ready scared the crap out of me, but once the buzzer went off, he shook, and he aimed and damn if he did not hit the target, moving targets are one thing, moving sights are another and he conquered them, thing is shooters are the kind of people who give other people the chance to do what we might consider impossible, but give them a chance and even advice. There is one guy who shoots every year at our Glock matches, who has no hand on one side, just a stump, he is safe, uses his stump to rack the slide, ( which I admire, and cringe when he does it. ) no favor asked or given, and he shoots very well with one hand.
Thanks Eric.
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Exceptional spirit.
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He'd be welcome at my range anytime. Great story...... Good for him.
Most say, other senses become enhanced with the loss of one, he probably still keeps "something" in the night stand for the bump in the night, and can very well hit it.
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how blind is blind? legally blind for example you can still see lots of shapes, just not many details.
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how blind is blind? legally blind for example you can still see lots of shapes, just not many details.
They said he was 95% blind. He can barely tell there are targets out there, but he probably outshoots me any day.