A New Jersey judge has ruled at a quadriplegic must be allowed to buy a gun for hunting, which will be mounted on his wheelchair and fired by blowing into a tube. James Cap has been paralyzed for 30 years after an injury in a high school football game.
Manville New Jersey Sheriff Mark Peltack had opposed the purchase on public safety grounds. The shotgun will be mounted on his chair and he will literally blow away deer with an air tube attached to the weapon.
Superior Court Judge John Pursel disagreed and, in signing the order, told Cap “I hope you enjoy the use of your firearm.” The judge did require Cap to have qualified people assist him with weapons.
Gun-rights advocates fought for almost three years to win the case.
Recently, gun advocates made remote hunting available for handicapped hunters, who can shoot deer and other animals on the Internet, here. However, there is a move to ban Internet hunting, here.
For the full story, click here.
I sure hope Cap’s qualified assistant isn’t Dick “Deadeye” Cheney.
Here’s a double dactyl I wrote in remembrance of Cheney’s famous hunting incident of 2006:
Better Duck…It’s Dick: A Double Dactyl about Dick Cheney’s Hunting Prowess
Eevilly weevily
Richard (Dick) Cheney
Former Vice Prez
And political louse,
Took his pal Harry
Out hunting for wildfowl,
But shot at his good friend
Instead of the grouse.
Elaine M:
if you are looking at it from my perspective you might call it left of center. Speaking from a free market vantage point.
Byron,
Give me some credit, I only use a 4x scope, and I don’t drink the beer till after the deer is field dressed.
Rich:
how is this a questionable gun right? 2nd amendment doesn’t say anything about being disabled. What other rights do you want to deny disabled people? Maybe they shouldn’t get married, or be able to have children, maybe they shouldn’t work or drive cars.
If that person has someone helping him what is your problem? And even if he didn’t what is your problem? You don’t think disabled people are smart enough to use a weapon or know when they aren’t being safe?
what part of “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” don’t you understand?
Byron–
We have a “leftist” government??? Can’t say as I see it that way.
Bambi at least has a chance with this Deer Hunter.
Jill:
why would a “leftist” government care about people visiting a “leftist” website?
In any event not a good idea either right or left.
The NRA had no problems having a prexie with Alzheimer’s, I’m sure we’ll see even more questionable gun rights decisions.
Gyges:
we use shotguns without scopes so there is some actual sport in it. shooting a deer from 2000 yards while sitting in a warm tent watching TV and having a beer isn’t considered sport on the east coast.
Well, as long as Mr. James Cap is the only hunter fully armed, I see no problem whatsoever..
i sure hope this handicapped individual doesn’t go hunting with Dick Cheney.
John,
Here’s a link to the subpoena and the story. No, I’m not surprised.
“In a report released today, EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston tells the story of a bogus federal subpoena issued to independent news site Indymedia.us, and how the site fought back with EFF’s help. Declan McCullagh at CBSNews.com also has the story.
The report describes how, earlier this year, U.S. attorneys issued a federal grand jury subpoena to Indymedia.us administrator Kristina Clair demanding “all IP traffic to and from http://www.indymedia.us” for a particular date, potentially identifying every person who visited any news story on the Indymedia site. As the report explains, this overbroad demand for internet records not only violated federal privacy law but also violated Clair’s First Amendment rights, by ordering her not to disclose the existence of the subpoena without a U.S. attorney’s permission.
Because Indymedia follows EFF’s Best Practices for Online Service Providers and does not keep historical IP logs, there was no information for Indymedia to hand over, and the government withdrew the subpoena. However, as the report describes, that wasn’t the end of the tale: Ms. Clair wanted EFF to be able to tell the story of the subpoena and shine a light on the government’s illegal demand, yet the subpoena ordered silence. Under pressure from EFF, the government admitted that the subpoena’s gag order had no legal basis, and ultimately chose not to go to court to try to force Ms. Clair’s silence despite earlier threats to do so.”
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/effs-secret-files-anatomy-bogus-subpoena
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Jill wrote:
“OT but something everyone here might want to know about:”
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And to think that just yesterday I commended you about taking the time to search for and find related, outdated topic threads and then updating those with new information! Women!
(just kidding….somewhat, but you know that I like your posts…mostly….and…)
I will have something to say on this hunting topic later. Basically, I agree with the judge’s decision.
Jill–
Thanks for the link to the article.
I apologize, that should read “Paully.” I was interrupted by a hound with an excitable bladder.
Paul,
Yeah, I know, consider my comment good natured ribbing.
Gyges, Deer hunting with a shotgun is done with a “deer slug”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_slug
The purpose of hunting by shotgun is to reduce the distance the projectile will travel.
I was all set to point out that you don’t hunt deer with shotguns, but decided to check the New Jersey Regs. They’ve got a shotgun season. Are you folk out east that bad of shots?
If this is true, Jill, are you suprised?
OT but something everyone here might want to know about:
“A Justice Department subpoena requesting all available information on all visitors to an independent news site is raising serious privacy concerns, and questions about how much information the US government is storing about its citizens’ news reading habits.
Privacy watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation has released an extensive report on a “bogus” attempt by a US attorney in Indiana to get Indymedia.us, an independent left-leaning news site, to hand over all the data it had about all the users who visited the site on a particular day.
Further adding to civil libertarians’ and privacy watchdogs’ concerns is the fact that the Justice Department ordered Indymedia to keep silent about the request.”
http://www.alternet.org/rights/143864/feds_wanted_private_data_on_all_visitors_to_liberal_news_site