[dillywho]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Okay guys, my last post on the subject of carrying guns in and around The Villages.

In the instance of the 80 year old lady mugged in the parking lot - she takes one powerful blow and gets knocked to the ground and her purse is grabbed and the mugger runs to a waiting car. That is the fact of the case.

IF she had a gun - not in her purse that was stolen - she was knocked to the ground, suffered a broken hip (I believe), could she play through the pain; shake the cobwebs out of her head; draw her pistol from wherever it was holstered; aim at a running target now many yards away, and pump a couple of slugs into the "10 ring"?

Then, besides probably hitting some innocent bystanders, would she be charged with a crime because the bad guy did not pose a threat to her anymore since he was running away?

Wow, that would be some remarkable 80 year old lady, wouldn't it?

As to the fire insurance - my bank requires me to have it for the mortgage. The Florida law requires me to have car insurance.

As I said, it is your right to carry. Absolutely no need for it but go ahead and do it if you do everything legal.

Had one of those witnesses been carrying, they could have been apprehended sooner or the crime averted all together. There is "no need for it".....until there is.

As for the cigar guy, I would just finish my drink and leave. If eating, I would just ask to be seated elsewhere as soon as there was another place available.