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Soo I actually just had a bad dream about this, so I thought I'd post the question. It's been discussed on this forum before that while constitutionally speaking, a blind person should be free to decide whether or not he could responsibly carry a handgun, it would seem rather dangerous and risky for a person who can't see to try and use a firearm. But what if you get blinded temporarily by an attacker?
I think it's safe to say that 99.9% of us on here carry a firearm for the purpose of self defense. Now we talk about being comfortable shooting with your weak hand, and reloading with one hand, because you may not always have use of both hands, but I've never seen anyone really talk about what to do if you lose your sight temporarily.
So here's the scenario: You're in an area with no one else around. Give yourself a reason for not being able to just run away screaming (your baby is in the car, your leg is in a cast, whatever). A man jumps out, tells you he's going to kill you and take your money and pulls a weapon (aka theres NO question that this guy is going to ruin your night). As you're stepping back and drawing your weapon, he blinds you (at night w/ a surefire, salt or sand in the eyes, OC spray, whatever). What do you do?
The only thing I could possibly think of is start shooting in his direction and pray....which to me sounds like a realllly crappy option. Anyone else have a better idea? I'm assuming LEOs are trained at least somewhat on what to do if they get hit with their own OC...right?
Soo I actually just had a bad dream about this, so I thought I'd post the question. It's been discussed on this forum before that while constitutionally speaking, a blind person should be free to decide whether or not he could responsibly carry a handgun, it would seem rather dangerous and risky for a person who can't see to try and use a firearm. But what if you get blinded temporarily by an attacker?
I think it's safe to say that 99.9% of us on here carry a firearm for the purpose of self defense. Now we talk about being comfortable shooting with your weak hand, and reloading with one hand, because you may not always have use of both hands, but I've never seen anyone really talk about what to do if you lose your sight temporarily.
So here's the scenario: You're in an area with no one else around. Give yourself a reason for not being able to just run away screaming (your baby is in the car, your leg is in a cast, whatever). A man jumps out, tells you he's going to kill you and take your money and pulls a weapon (aka theres NO question that this guy is going to ruin your night). As you're stepping back and drawing your weapon, he blinds you (at night w/ a surefire, salt or sand in the eyes, OC spray, whatever). What do you do?
The only thing I could possibly think of is start shooting in his direction and pray....which to me sounds like a realllly crappy option. Anyone else have a better idea? I'm assuming LEOs are trained at least somewhat on what to do if they get hit with their own OC...right?