ATW: Harrodsburg conceal/carry class for deaf a first for KY

By Neil McCabe | 12:44 PM | October 31, 2014

The AM news reports:

HARRODSBURG — What started as a discussion between cousins opened the door to make history for individuals in the deaf community in Kentucky.

An interpreter for the deaf, Tina McFarland Savelyev had heard on numerous occasions how many in the deaf community would like to earn their licenses to carry concealed weapons.

“Kentucky’s deaf citizens wanted to be legal just like its hearing citizens,” Savelyev said. “When the deaf folks would ask their local instructors, the process became paralyzed due to the need for interpreters.”

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Neil W. McCabe is the editor of HE's "Guns & Patriots" e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic paper. He was also the editor of the free community papers "The Somerville (Mass.) News and "The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.)." Email him: [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @neilwmccabe.