[anothersteve]

Originally Posted by newgirl

Terrifying!

Look to YouTube and search "home invasions"...
Then come back and tell me what's "terrifying". Some of the most violent crimes imaginable.

Steve

[newgirl]

No, it only takes 1 crazy old fart who is giving the legal status to kill that would make the others regret getting involved. Not to mention liability.. the lawsuits .. insane idea

[mp.scanland]

Originally Posted by lwmilo

.54 caliber???? Possibly .45, Just asking???

There is a .54 caliber flintlock pistol

[Scorpyo]

Originally Posted by brianherlihy

i cant wait to ware my 54 on my hips

I'm hoping you were correct and that you own a .54 cal muzzleloader. However, if you meant .45 then that concerns me because it may be a case of Dyslexia. I wouldn't want you erroneously reversing the position of the barrel. I strongly suggest we leave our guns at home, including my 10, and hire a bunch of social workers to protect us.

[John_W]

The home invasion in The Villages when the Village of LaBelle was new, never heard all the facts or any conclusion, or even if the perpetrators were caught. It was August 2016 in Harlow Villas, a 64 year old woman answered the door, two fellas in dress clothes and ties and one holding a clipboard rushed in. They took her dog to the garage and killed it and stole some things, one being a gun which they knew exactly where the gun was kept. This made me think they had been there before and maybe were workers on a job. Which is why it's always good to be careful about the contractors you hire. There is still a ten page thread on this website, no news clippings anymore. I was wondering it was ever resolved.

I looked back at the thread, and I made a comment that the newly installed cameras at LaBelle gate would be useful in catching them, and someone posted that you can get into LaBelle without going through the gate, but they never said how. I have golfing friend that lives in LaBelle and from I see, the gate is the only way to get a car into LaBelle, unless you drive across a golf course.

Awful Home Invasion

Now, that I look up this story, LaBelle has had it's share of problems. In July of 2018 it was where the LaBelle CC bandit was holdup at his girlfriend's parents home, and the Sumter Deputies used a tank to bust open the window and then perpetrator took off in a car through the closed garage door, and eventually was caught on Micro-Racetrack Rd. This just goes to show, violent crime can happen anywhere.

[donassaid]

I guess the Rev. Jeremiah Wright would call that the "chickens coming home to roost". My heart breaks for her.

[LowOnCash]

Well if the citizens don't do nothing the Villages will just become another CHOP zone. We,ve all see where they are charging a home owners who protect Their own life and property.

[cherylncliff]

A yearlong investigation of Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels may be drawing to a close.

First Coast News has learned from multiple law enforcement sources that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has completed its initial report into misconduct allegations against Clay's top cop. The report is now in the possession of the 4th District State Attorney’s Office, which must review and make recommendations, an FDLE spokesperson confirmed.

[Tsmart]

AR 15 is not an assault rifle. It is a defense rifle.

[Bill32]

When bad men come to your door.......and there is none to call......

[Danz654]

Sure they didn’t mean 45

[Snowprint]

Since the police are in charge of the statistics, it’s not a valid argument, and statistics are not an excuse for refusing to see the obvious. I think the Beatles said it best “...living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see...”

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I have mixed thoughts of humor and fear thinking of lots of villages deputies taking about 5 minutes to get out of there golf cart then another 5 minutes to pull up there shorts and gun belt , during which time the perp has slowly walked away , over a 40 year period in 23 countries that were not very nice I used a gun, haven’t had one since I retired, at 81 I still go to Miami Beach in winter for a few months, walk everywhere, I still shoot dice in a couple of illegal dice games one in a black neighborhood in Orlando and I’m in my 5th home in villages and have never locked the door . Guns ???? Please leave them to professionals that can handle the adrenaline surge when your pointing it at a real person

[Jacob85]

Wow! So we are allowing untrained citizens to go out and maybe shoot someone they THINK is doing something? Even the police don’t always get it right. Are we going back to the wild, Wild West? I don’t think this is what our forefathers had in mind

[Jacob85]

So you need to fire a weapon that shoots multiple bullets To take care of an intruder? Let’s hope people don’t shoot their family members