Carey McWilliams (marksman)
Encyclopedia
Carey McWilliams is an American author, marksman and skydiver.
He gained worldwide fame in 2001, when he became the first blind person to acquire a concealed weapons permit to allow him to carry a firearm for self-defense. His achievement made global headlines, travelling as far as the UPI and the National Inquirer, among others. Soon after, the documentary
Bowling for Columbine
featured him.
, where he received training in the proper use of firearms. After taking a pistol marksmanship course through the Army ROTC at age eighteen, McWilliams went on to achieve world fame age twenty-seven, when he got his concealed weapons permit.
When taking his concealed weapons test, McWilliams received 105 out of 100 possible points. He hit the reflector, the bullet bounced back through the target, and that resulted in an additional five points added to his perfect score.
McWilliams married singer Victoria Rice from Moorhead, Minnesota
, on May 25, 2004. Rice has cerebral palsy
. They currently live in Fargo, North Dakota.
McWilliams' first book, a work of fiction involving vampires and nuclear holocaust
, Moonlight's Meridian: Nuclear Terrorism and the Undead, was published in 2005. His second book, an autobiography, Guide Dogs and Guns: America's First Blind Marksman Fires Back, was published in January 2007.
He gained worldwide fame in 2001, when he became the first blind person to acquire a concealed weapons permit to allow him to carry a firearm for self-defense. His achievement made global headlines, travelling as far as the UPI and the National Inquirer, among others. Soon after, the documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns...
featured him.
Life
McWilliams was born as the son of Janice McWilliams. His blindness, caused by a late-blooming birth defect that failed to appear at birth, occurred at age ten, when he hit puberty and his bones began to fuse together. Despite his blindness, at age 14, McWilliams joined the Civil Air PatrolCivil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol is a Congressionally chartered, federally supported, non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force . CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes people from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and...
, where he received training in the proper use of firearms. After taking a pistol marksmanship course through the Army ROTC at age eighteen, McWilliams went on to achieve world fame age twenty-seven, when he got his concealed weapons permit.
When taking his concealed weapons test, McWilliams received 105 out of 100 possible points. He hit the reflector, the bullet bounced back through the target, and that resulted in an additional five points added to his perfect score.
McWilliams married singer Victoria Rice from Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, and the largest city in northwest Minnesota. The population was 38,065 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Clay County....
, on May 25, 2004. Rice has cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
. They currently live in Fargo, North Dakota.
McWilliams' first book, a work of fiction involving vampires and nuclear holocaust
Nuclear holocaust
Nuclear holocaust refers to the possibility of the near complete annihilation of human civilization by nuclear warfare. Under such a scenario, all or most of the Earth is made uninhabitable by nuclear weapons in future world wars....
, Moonlight's Meridian: Nuclear Terrorism and the Undead, was published in 2005. His second book, an autobiography, Guide Dogs and Guns: America's First Blind Marksman Fires Back, was published in January 2007.
Literature
- Carey McWilliams: Moonlight's Meridian: Nuclear Terrorism And the Undead, Red Lead Books 2005 - ISBN 0805980296
- Carey McWilliams: Guide Dogs and Guns: America's First Blind Marksman Fires Back, Airleaf Publishing 2007 - ISBN 978-1-60002-295-1