That's an important distinction. I was reading this all along with the perspective of the original post. Blind guy shooting himself and being burglarized. That could happen to anyone blind or not so I didn't see why they should be treated differently.
I have no problem with them owning guns or using them with assistance for hunting, target shooting, etc. Or in home defense (to me that would qualify as a "controlled environment"). Using a gun for defense out in public though, I think a good argument could be made for not allowing them to use them in that manner. Without any way to assertain what's behind their target it's just a matter of luck as to whether or not they hit unintended targets. I would think a taser or something like that wold be a much better defense weapon for the blind in public than a gun.
