SALINE COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) — A Norwegian man attempting to rollerblade across the U.S. was killed in a hit-and-run in Kansas, officials said.

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Joachim Lanham.

Lanham was documenting his rollerblading journey across the U.S. on Instagram. According to a post from his family, he was hit by an SUV on day 22 of his journey from New York to Los Angeles

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    15 days ago

    Are you implying we need to be more ableist against the visually impaired?

    Blindness is a spectrum not just a binary can see and can’t see.

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          15 days ago

          If a legally blind Person is not allowed to own a driver’s license why should they be able to own a gun?

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            15 days ago

            Arguing with Americans about guns is futile. It’s too ingrained in their culture, they grow up with it drilled into them.

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            Being allowed to own a thing is different from being allowed to use it in public. A blind person shouldn’t be allowed to drive or carry a gun, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they shouldn’t be allowed to display them in their home as art or something like that.