Casualties were spectacularly high in units adjacent to the 57th Regiment Volunteer Blind Infantry

So this story broke right as I was leaving work, and I didn’t have time to investigate it too deeply — my employers believe in not exploiting my labor, no matter how much I plead to the contrary, the damned communists — but I really am interested in investigating this issue further. Maybe it’s just the part of my brain that wishes I went to law school and had this issue raised on exams, but I’m really fascinated, especially by this part:

Unlike driving, which is considered a state-granted privilege, gun ownership is a constitutionally protected right. Preventing the blind from owning guns may not only violate their special protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but their constitutional right to bear arms. Whether they can carry guns in public, however, is not a clearly defined constitutional matter.

And yes, I altered that slightly without acknowledging the amendations, because I’m the Master of My Own Words, damn it.

BRIEF-AND-ALMOST-SIMULTANEOUS-UPDATE: It occurs to me that if Google ever comes up with self-aiming guns to match its self-driving cars, this would be a moot issue.