Originally Posted by buggyone

Your friend must have a previous heart problem so he carries the pills in case another heart problem presents itself. He did not start carrying the pills when he was completely healthy.

The Villages is like your very healthy heart. There is no problem with it. So like the nitro pills that are not needed to carry for a healthy heart, there is no reason to carry a pistol in The Villages.

Like your friend with the heart issue, IF The Villages had a pre-existing condition with hold-ups of Villagers in parking lots or routine sexual assaults of women behind buildings or other violent criminal behavior that made it unsafe to be on the streets - carrying a concealed weapon might be a pretty good idea to prevent it from happening.