The Des Moines Register reports Iowa has been granting permits to carry guns in public to people who are blind. According to the report, Iowa law prevents the denial of gun permits based on physical ability. Officials in several counties said they had issued gun permits to residents with severe visual impairments, including some who could not read the application form. The head of a local school for the visually impaired told the paper, “Although people who are blind can participate fully in nearly all life’s experiences, there are some things, like the operation of a weapon, that may very well be an exception.”