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Mouth-Controlled Gun Helps Quadriplegic Hunt Again

by Terrence O'Brien on December 14, 2009 at 03:20 PM

Quadriplegic Wins Court Battle To Go Hunting
One of the beautiful things about the march of technology is how it brings parts of the human experience to the disabled that they would otherwise have missed. Los Angeles' Tony Quan was able to write graffiti even though ALS has taken away his ability to move anything other than his eyes, while Brit Graham Hunt found the Paragolpher, which let him take to the putting green despite being confined to a wheelchair. So it only makes sense that eventually a quadriplegic, like Jamie Cap from New Jersey, would put modern medical science to work, allowing him to enjoy the great American hobby: hunting.

The 46 year-old Cap has been unable to use his limbs since suffering a football injury 30 years ago. But after two and a half years of court battles, with a custom built, mouth controlled firing rig and the enlistment of hunting buddy, Cap has won his right to shoot wild animals. Cap's rig requires he have a companion set up the gun for him before taking over the controls. Aiming the gun by nudging toggles with his mouth, Cap fires his 12-gauge by blowing into a tube once he's got the target lined up.

Cap isn't the first disabled hunter in the U.S., and isn't even the first quadriplegic to take up arms, but he is one of a particularly rare breed. Of course, some may scoff at the idea of a man who can't control his own limbs having the ability to fire a deadly weapon, but at least he can see what he's shooting at. [From: Telegraph, Via: Geekologie]

Tags: disability, disabled, health, hunting, quadriplegic, top

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