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Originally Posted by buggyone
VillageGolfer, no where in my posts have I suggested that there should be laws against handgun ownership nor laws against carrying handguns with a proper permit.
I have stated only that it is ridiculous to carry a handgun in The Villages. I did state that I will be observant for illegal display of a gun in public but not accidental display.
I did ask if any of the gun carriers would use them against a thief they saw taking golf clubs from their cart and got no reply on that question.
I got no reply from the poster who claimed that Vermont was as safe as The Villages and that I would like to see comparable FBI violent crime statistics to back up his claim.
I did say that the only violent crime in the past 2 years I know of involved someone with a permit to carry a weapon...and an assault with deadly weapon charge against another person who flashed his gun for a parking space...and he also had a permit to carry. So much for the fallacy of all the permit carriers being good guys.
Anything else I can answer for you?
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buggy, I decided not to respond to your request for me to back up this claim because it's irrelevant to this discussion. If it makes you feel better then I coincide. All I'll say is I lived in VT for the past 27 years and just about everybody owns a firearm and the bad guys know it, that is what keeps the crime rate low in the entire state. Why don't you stop with the tunnel vision and look at the big picture. Like another poster said, a firearm is nothing but a tool. If some one wants to do you harm there are many tools that will do the job. Look at some motorcycle gangs, they carry ball peen hammers and sharpened screw drivers because they are "legal" and don't require permits. If our second amendment is screwed with then only the bad guys will have firearms. In the United Kingdom, the majority of police officers do not carry firearms. How do you think that would fly over here?
Also if a person with a permit shoots someone in self defense here in the USA they are still in for the legal ride of their life at the cost of about 75K for their defense so you can bet they will think twice before pulling the trigger or at least should. I'll also say that not everyone who owns a firearm is responsible enough to give their firearm the respect it deserves but that also holds true for people who drive a car.