Just because you lose your sight, then years later get convicted of being an unruly drunk (once) and just because you once unintentionally shot yourself (not the same incident as the unruly drunkenness) does not necessarily mean that the Morris County Prosecutor's office, in the State of New Jersey, has grounds to revoke your firearms permit.
See: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/blind_rockaway_township_gun_co.html
I am pretty amazed that a NJ court, anti-gun as NJ is known to be, has decided in this man's favor. Of course, there is a standing restriction on when he can fire his guns and I think it fairly reasonable that the state is requiring that he follow that earlier court imposed condition. He has to have a trained adult with him if he wants to actually shoot his guns. Even being the gun enthusiast that I am, I can see that perhaps being blind could be a major impediment to safe shooting without a coach by your side.
A hat tip to Steven Hopler for wanting to keep his collection and fighting for it and a hat tip to his lawyer Gregg Trautmann for putting up a winning courtroom battle.
All the best,
Glenn B
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