Should idiots lose their right to free speech?
Can a blind person own a car? Yes!
Two VERY good points.
Not to make light of this unfortunate predicament, but this story got me to thinking about something I heard many years ago when I was into folk and roots music. One of the great blues singers from the Old South was Blind Rev. Gary Davis.
I remember blues revivalist Stefan Grosman once said that the Rev., who had no sight at all, used to carry a .45 when he was busking on the street in case someone tried to run off with his proceeds for the day. Grosman commented that he had no idea how Gary would know if he was shooting the right person or not.
Another account from another folk singer, Barry Melton:
"Well, the next morning I woke up and remember having to go into my room to get some clothes or something out of my chest of drawers. I was very quiet, as I could hear Rev snoring and didn't want to wake him. Well, I got whatever it was and I was headed toward the door when I heard in a commanding voice,'Don't move or you're dead!'. I turned around to see Rev with a .38 revolver in his hand pointed in my general direction, but sort of moving around so as to cover a wider target area. I remember screaming something to the effect of, 'No--don't shoot.' Rev replied, 'One wrong move and you're dead.' Well, then I started talking a mile a minute...'Rev, it's me, it's Barry, don't shoot Rev...I was only getting something from my chest of drawers... Finally, Rev said, 'Is that you, Barry?' The incident was soon over, and I had escaped with me life. I guess, from his perspective, it must have been kind of weird to be alone, blind, on the road 3,000 miles from home and rooming with a bunch of lunatic young musicians many years his junior. But to this day, the picture of Reverend Gary Davis that sticks in my mind the most is early in the morning, half-awake and blind as a bat, with a .38 in his hand pointed in my general direction. It was one of the most frightening moments of my life. I'll never forget it."
