Carey McWilliams (Sagittarius)

Carey McWilliams (born July 5, 1973 in Fargo , North Dakota ) is an American author, sniper and parachutist. He became famous in 2001 when he was the first blind man in the world to be issued a gun license with permission to carry weapons for self-defense. This authorization brought him into the headlines of the US news agency UPI and as a short documentary in the documentary Bowling for Columbine .

Life

Carey McWilliams is the son of Janice McWilliams. Due to prenatal brain damage, his optic nerve was pinched off at the beginning of puberty when the cranial bones grew together. Despite being almost 100% blind, he joined the Air Force Auxiliary and took part in firearms training. After completing a sniper course through the ROTC , he has had a gun license since the age of 27.

During the subsequent weapon test, he scored 105 out of 100 possible points. A bullet hit the target and back through the target, giving him an additional 5 points for his perfect shooting result. A shooting result of 100 points is only achieved by 40% of all graduates of the final test.

Carey McWilliams married Victoria Rice from Moorhead, Minnesota on May 15, 2004 and now lives with her in Fargo, North Dakota. After a first story appeared in the summer of 2004, his first book, Moonlight's Meridian: Nuclear Terrorism and the Undead , was published in July 2005. His autobiographical work was published on January 25, 2007.

Works

• Moonlight's Meridian: Nuclear Terrorism And the Undead , Red Lead Books 2005 - ISBN 0-8059-8029-6
• Guide Dogs and Guns: America's First Blind Marksman Fires Back , Airleaf Publishing 2007 - ISBN 978-1-60002-295-1

Web links

• Moonlight's Meridian: Nuclear Terrorism And the Undead ( Memento from May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Guide Dogs and Guns: America's First Blind Marksman Fires Back , accessed December 3, 2015.