I found seeing all those posts about a blind shooters list offensive. Didn't 
see why it went on so long why it had to be announced here on this viphone list 
especially in light of recent events. Thank you Siegart for your comments.

Deidre


> On Aug 15, 2017, at 12:49 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hopefully all you blind shooters won't take offense, but when a bunch of 
> Americans talk about shooting I think it's pretty clear that they mean 
> primarily guns. I really find the fascination most americans have with guns 
> fascinating, no other country in the world is that crazy about guns.
> Anyhow, I'll leave it at that and before all of you gun lovers start yelling 
> at me I should point out that I have nothing against hunting and sports 
> shooting, after all, I have an outdoor and hunting store and sell a couple of 
> hundred firearms a year myself, I loved to shoot before I became blind at the 
> age of 16, but I don't personally shoot and just don't see a point in it just 
> as I don't see a point in driving a car along at a slow speed where somebody 
> sitting next to me can tell me to pgo a bit left or a bit right or whatever 
> and of course as a Canadian coming originall from Germany I find it baffling 
> why a normal citizen would want to walk around packing a gun, I'm very glad 
> that this is not possible here and feel a lot safer for it.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Evan Reese
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 5:11 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Announcement: Blind Shooters (unmoderated discussion group)
> 
> Yes, <chuckle>, I was going to ask the same thing. There's absolutely no info 
> about what kind of shooting that list is about.
> Evan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Gouveia
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 7:48 PM
> To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries ; viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Announcement: Blind Shooters (unmoderated discussion group)
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> Shooting what?
> 
> Videos?
> 
> Pictures?
> 
> Firearms?
> 
> Tazors?
> 
> What are you shooting?
> 
> Victor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cara Quinn
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 6:06 PM
> To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries ; viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Announcement: Blind Shooters (unmoderated discussion group)
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> My apologies for the cross-post - I’ll make this quick.
> 
> Considering that my recent iOS app posting for Where to Shoot prompted some 
> good discussion and ideas and also private notes to me with questions about 
> shooting, I have started the Blind Shooters Google Group.
> 
> This is an unmoderated email list and is meant for all topics around shooting 
> as a visually impaired / blind person.
> 
> Here is the link for those interested in joining.
> 
> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blindshooters  clickable
> 
> Thanks all, see you there and please have a great rest of your weekend!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Cara
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