Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a bill to allow blind people to hunt any game animals that sighted people can hunt. Kuempel says, “This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that’s great.”

The bill states that the blind hunter would be required to have a sighted hunter with them. They would also be able to use laser sights and other equipment that sighted hunters are not permitted to use.

The suggested method is to mount a pistol scope to the side of the rifle so the sighted hunter can peer through the scope while standing behind the blind hunter and offer aiming instructions.

“Okay Bill, aim a bit more to your left. Good, now up a little. A little more. There, that’s it, fire! Oh yeah, great shot! He fell like a sack of bricks. C’mon, let’s hurry on over there so you can touch him and maybe you’ll be lucky enough to hear him take his last breath.”

I’m not blind, so I can’t be sure, but I really don’t see how shooting something you can’t see can be exciting. Maybe the thrill of knowing you just killed something is enough.

If this bill is passed it’s going to be a real boon to hunting guides in Texas. All they need to do is plant some dead deer, bear and other game animals around the preserve, pretend to guide their clients around tracking the quarry and then talk them through shooting a tree or something.

Hey, the fucking guy is blind. How’s he going to know the difference?

Source: Reuters

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