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Bill would permit the blind to hunt

AUSTIN - A state lawmaker wants to make sure that no Texan is left out when it comes to hunting, even if the hunter is legally blind.

Rep. Edmund Kuempel, a Seguin Republican, has filed a bill for the 2007 legislative session that would allow legally blind hunters to use a laser sight, or lighted pointing instrument. The devices are forbidden for sighted hunters.

Blind hunters would also have to have a sighted hunter along with them, and they could hunt any game that sighted people can hunt in the same seasons and using the same weapons.

“I’ve seen this on TV before, when they’re taking target practice,” Kuempel said. “When they aim the gun the guide tells them, aim two inches higher or two inches lower and you’re on the target, and you’re off and running.”

Source: Chron.com Texas