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Originally Posted by suesiegel
For those SCREAMING for more gun laws. First of all murder is a crime. Secondly, not mentioned by many, the Pulse nightclub-it is illegal to bring a gun into anyplace serving liquor. Las Vegas-I expect we will discover that the shooter had automatic weapons-they've BEEN ILLEGAL SINCE THE 1930's. The terms we are FED about assault rifles is simply a deliberate lie. An assault rifle is by definition automatic-they are illegal. What is sold are lok a likes. Sort of like calling the mustang that my friend owned
with a small six cylinder engine and a three speed standard transmission calling that a muscle car is the same.
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You’ve totally lost me there I´m afraid
I don’t own a gun and never will and struggle to see why anyone else really needs to.
I bought a house in February in the area and the week before I finalized on the house there was a double murder during a home invasion in weirsdale which made me question whether to go ahead or not?
I’ve just flicked back through the villages news headlines and the following have happened involving guns since, all in a very limited area of maybe 15 miles of the house I bought,
I can remember many more like the poor Barber who was shot at point blank range in mount Dora for not cutting a customers hair because he had no money to pay for it and numerous armed robberies along the 441 Where staff and customers have been held up at gun point and relieved of their belongings and the biker executed at Leesburg Bikefest
Yesterday a man in Eustis shot his partners daughter in the head with a hand gun.
Early September 2 people shot at Lake Panasoffkee and airlifted to Ocala medical center
August 31, 17 year old dies of gunshopt wounds at Leesburg apartment complex
August 22, a car was chased by police and subsequently crashed into 2 vehicles at traffic lights killing the 55 year old driver of one car, found on the back seat of the car that was being chased was a AK47.
August 25, a 25 year old was charged with attempted murder after shooting his gun during an attempted burglary in Stonecrest.
August 14, Man fatally shot in home invasion in Summerfield
July 17 Convicted felon arrested with.38 special.
July 11A suspicious trio with a gun and drugs was arrested early Tuesday morning at Wal-Mart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza
July 10 A 25-year-old Wildwood man was arrested last week after allegedly shooting out the rear window of a car driven by a 17-year-old.
July 6 A 31-year-old Lady Lake man was arrested after he allegedly threatened a woman and her son with a gun in Altoona.
June 28 Marion County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes detectives arrested Angel Daniel Blanco, 28, after he shot 68-year-old Ronald Lee Rowley.
June 18 A Summerfield man has been identified as the suspect in the shooting of a nurse Saturday at West Marion Community Hospital.
May 25 Leesburg police are looking for a pair of suspects in an armed robbery which occurred Wednesday night at Burger King on U.S. Hwy. 441.
May 22 Leesburg police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting Sunday as the suspect remains on the run.
May 4 A Summerfield man reported that a shotgun was pointed at him Wednesday during a dispute over a vehicle’s loud music.
April 25 A 25-year-old man was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated assault after he allegedly threatened a woman with his 9mm semi-automatic pistol in Wildwood.
April 17 Three armed robbers were caught after crashing their car Sunday in Marion County.Marion County sheriffs responded to the Meador’s Corner Qwik King store at 18236 SE 95th Street Road in Ocklawaha
April 10 An 18-year-old who had been spotted in January lurking near a Villages ATM with a loaded 9mm gun.
March 25 A Lady Lake couple arrested in January after firing guns at a hot water tank in the middle of the night have been ordered by a judge to stay away from alcohol.
February 24 Home invasion The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is investigating shooting that took place Friday morning in Weirsdale, 2 dead.
This is a very small time frame in a very small part of a relatively safe area of the US, makes you wonder what goes on not so nice areas and what could be achieved by having a more sensible approach to gun ownership.