Quite honestly, anyone who complains about what happens when the Leos have to take down a criminal should be required to go through the police training course on situational responses. There have been a few activists who took the course and came out with a completely different attitude. Their job is very difficult and decisions made in milliseconds have profound effects on peoples lives.Those who have not been in a similar situation have no clue regarding the stress and consequences of both action and inaction.

Given what is going on in Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, DC......would that be considered cause for concern about dividing America?

Discussing what to do if that or similar activity were to show up in our back yard is most certainly not divisive.

It is very, VERY simple. There are laws of the land that when violated there needs to be enforcement.

Too many politicians of today are not prepared to do what it takes to maintain law and order.......mainly as a result of being concerned for being re-elected.

As a result today our freedoms are at risk because of the few who have magically become untouchable and above the law.

Now that is hilarious considering what is happening in America.

These very hard up people of various cities could not afford to get on a plane and come down to the Villages. Most are just trying to survive day-to-day in very troubled areas where they live.

What, white naturalist looking for flowers?

Now that is funny.

There is a nudist colony not too far from the Villages. Maybe they will decide to invade here. We could at least tell that they were not armed in any way unless they had been retired special forces or assassins of some kind.

If you never have and even if you have fired a gun at somebody the adrenaline rushing through your body at the average age here would probably kill you before your enemy attacking the villages ( big sigh here)some of the guys here I see carrying weapons and yes 40 years in many dangerous places in the world tips me of to most who are carrying Scares me more then some invader. No guns for me anymore , don’t even lock my door here , let the police and insurance protect me lol

Amen. My two men were police. Husband and son Who gave 52 years to citizens in Baltimore city and BaltImore County. We lived through the riots of April 1968, April 2015. Now as years go by, There is nothing peaceful about protests —officers being yelled at while protecting mayor and Governor’s offices and being ordered to stand down—Submit to being wounded by protesters throwing bricks, sticks with nails, broken glass, cinderblocks, and foul insults. In 1968 my husband drove me to work in City and someone heaved a cinderblock toward our car from an Overpass. In April 2015 rioters looted Hundreds Of businesses, and burned residents out for no good reason. Baltimore City never recovered and I left that Hellhole behind in 2018 and Moved to TV Florida I was surprised and GLAD Do you know the number of concealed carry permits people in TV have. SAD DAYS FOR USA That so-called “Peaceful Protests“ are False description of the DESTRUCTION. VIOLENCE PERPETRATED . AND HATRED TOWARD and
MURDERS OF POLICEMEN.

I hung around with a very bad crowd in Reno, Nevada when about aged 14 and one of these boys pointed a loaded BB gun at my eye. This was in his house. I convinced him to try to shoot between my fingers. He missed and put a BB into my left pinky. I plucked it out a few minutes later but far away from this boy.

I certainly remember how much adrenaline I had in that encounter. The boy who shot me had to go into some kind of mental health developmental place after his parents found out what he had done.

I got away from this bad group (who had done far worse than the BB gun shooting to one another) and found books and a great English teacher in Mrs. Barbara Mitchell at Earl Wooster High School in Reno, Nevada. She eventually gave me a small Memorial Scholarship in her late daughter Michelle Mitchell's name.

I do own some guns but would have trouble getting to them quickly as I do not keep them loaded nor anywhere near my bed. Do have many other things that could stop an intruder though. Golf clubs for instance.

There was no inference or assumption concerning the groups traveling from place to place.

Why would anybody think that?

Most likely (as intended).......in the unlikely event like minded special interest groups "nearby" would target TV.

Like some gang from Wildwood or Orlando?

They would attack something right at hand if motivated by anger. That is what you see in Minneapolis, Seattle and many other places. They are acting on emotion only.

Charlottesville Car Attack (click here)

:ho:

Crazy? … I don't think crazy; I think evil with an agenda

Fred

The Villages IS like a reservation. One last stop before HEAVEN or the wherever.

Our house has been robbed once. About $2,000 in equipment stolen, never found by Police.

Good one, perfect.

Nobody needs to get on a plane. This is happening in your own backyard..

Well reasoned. Kudos.

From everything I have read and heard antifa should be banned in the US.

Correction: I'm a white (not by choice) Nationalist, I love this country, am proud of its traditions and history that moves forward in attempts to create a more perfect union. Don't disparage me.

In 1933 Hitler defunded the police so his brown shirts would have a free hand--those who don't know history, will continue to repeat the mistakes of the past

In Nazi Germany any Jew found with a gun & or a knife was executed on the spot

Never again

Also, you can always hire a lawyer, you can't hire a life

There are over 19,000 retired military living in The Villages. Don't think there will be any problems here!

There are some very tough parts of Tampa which have a long history of crime and ethnic tension.

Looters and rioters usually only attack the businesses which they would be going to on a day-to-day basis. Mainly they act like an unruly mob with a few people taking advantage of the situation to steal things from these local stores.

My late younger brother lived in some of these Tampa neighborhoods and I was often very relieved when driving out of them. Same with some of these places in St. Petersburg, FL where he also resided at times.

Ok, you are saying would protesters and looters come to TV? Looters would be repeal with strong, deadly force as stated in many other posts. Peaceful protests MIGHT? be tolerated here if they were mostly locals and did NOT get out of control. But, WHAT I WORRY ABOUT HERE FOR TV is the one, lone crazy radicalized expert bomb maker. Or the lone, unaffiliated machine-gun wielding sniper like the one in Las Vegas. For those 2 situations, every place in the US is vulnerable, and especially a soft target like TV, and especially if entertainment were to return to the TV squares.

A pump shotgun and loaded at the ready hand guns will slow any assault on our property,BLM is a scam the Antifa thugs are just that . No remorse either way.

Yes, 12 gauge pumps are quite effective

You SHOULD lock your door. I have had my house broken into. It was NOT my most happy time.

"Let the police and insurance protect me"

Because when every second counts, they'll be there in a few minutes.

I remember in my long-ago, tortured youth, driving to a college in N. Carolina and my car engine froze in Baltimore. I was there long enough to realize that It was a TOUGH town (both white and Black areas).! My hometown of Pittsburgh was a lark compared to Baltimore.

Yes, and we could THROW our very heavy Wednesday Village paper at them!

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Or Put another way

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not
~ Jeremiah 5:21

There are three little words that troublemakers fear most in Florida

Stand Your Ground

An incredible and scary imagination you have.

You are posting and concerned about the totally wrong kind of insurrection and tearing of our country.

Cant post within the rules but groups (not who you are worried about) with power have predicted it and talk of it almost each day, but first thing is to get you talking and worrying about the wrong thing.

Seriously?

Please do a quick search online. There a LOTS of reports of rioters traveling to do their dirty deeds...

10 people arrested during Fargo riot - some rioters traveling to cause violence

^^^Fargo ND.

It’s happening all over.

Hmmm... :wave:

Unfortunately, the riots and looting have been occurring far beyond the widely-reported cities of Seattle
& Minneapolis.

Here’s a partial list: Miami, Orlando, Washington DC, Portland, Chicago (the loop, north side & many suburbs, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Columbus OH, Champaign IL, Carmel IN, Fargo ND, Bloomington IL, Nashville TN, of course Atlanta GA (& surrounding suburbs)

Here’s an article listing them (Long ago) as of May 30. I suspect that there are many riot-damaged locations which are not being reported, too.

These are all the cities where protests and riots have erupted over George Floyd’s death

And some troublemakers use as an excuse. It's just the same trouble from the other end of the door.

Your ex-wife shows up asking for her late alimony check? Shoot her and tell everyone she was threatening you and you were standing your ground.

Some random guy you don't recognize comes onto your property hoping to find someone to help him find an address because he's hopelessly lost and the GPS isn't giving him Villages directions? Shoot him - and claim he was threatening you so you stood your ground.

It's an excuse to kill people, nothing more or less. The only interpretation involved is the REASON you took advantage of that excuse to kill someone. The end result is the same - someone is dead, and someone is holding the weapon that killed the corpse.

Do I think people shouldn't protect their property? Nope, absolutely not. I feel that people SHOULD have the right to protect their property.

But I call it what it is, not what sounds good in an NRA or anti-NRA video clip. It is "ending the life of another human being with a firearm."

Apply whatever justification you want to it, but the result is the same.

We probably should not divert from the subject of this thread, BUT a comment was made about "military style" weapons. I respect the fact that some fear what they might not fully comprehend, and "military style" or "automatic weapons" or "assault weapons" is definitely a subject that can be argued until .........the cows come home? When the Constitution was created, what constituted a "military style" or "assault weapon?" Not being a historian, I would still suggest that any weapon that could be picked up and used against the enemy, would fit the definition. Now, an interesting thought comes to mind. The second amendment was written to protect against Gov. tyranny, right? Wouldn't that mean, we should have military style weapons? Does it say anywhere in that Amendment that everyone should have a "hunting" weapon? Is the Amendment written to protect hunters, so that they may always have a hunting rifle?
I have absolutely no fear of anyone owning a military style rifle. I personally own a MILITARY rifle that was used in a war. It's an M1 semiautomatic rifle, capable of loading an 8 round (30-06) clip into the magazine. If I was to be limited to a military style weapon from the time the Constitution was written, I guess I would have to have a musket, right? Could you defend yourself from a rogue gov military force with a musket, today?
If a person is mature and sensible, a military style weapon is not dangerous. No nut case should own a firearm, sword, hunting knife or even a butter knife.
Someone correctly said that there are tens of thousands of military style weapons legally owned in this country. I am glad. The bad guys have the best weapons and our police forces can't even sustain a defensive posture with their limited armament, thanks to pacifists. I have seen city gangs with fully automatic Uzis, and MAC-11 machine pistols. Guess what? Those are illegally owned. You can own a fully automatic weapon IF you first obtain a special Federal permit, which the last time I checked about 20 years ago, cost $500.
Anyway, I apologize for diverting from the subject. I understand those that believe it is possible to get rid of all the guns in America, but that is not even realistic. Even the UK is finding out the hard way. And now the Bobbies that once used only a baton or billy to enforce laws, now carry concealed pistols.
But, I do respect those that WISH that we could live in a Utopia where guns were not needed or even existed. But, some of us live in reality and know what happens when citizens have no means of controlling or equalizing a rogue government. I have heard those that say that guns are not needed. Thank goodness not everyone agrees on that view. When the SHTF, there will be enough of us to protect the families of those that don't think that guns are necessary. Hope it never happens though.

That's one NRA rationalization. They are just profiting off of male testosterone and bias. There are 10 other talking point rationalizations that someone will probably list. Bit, I appreciate that someone took the time to read and analyze my post. Thank you.

That’s a great idea! Kinda like Scared Straight or the driving-while-drunk simulation training. When can we round them up & get started?

Semi-auto does NOT mean auto as in automatic firing. Semi-auto means auto LOADING after each trigger pull. The Las Vegas sniper used a quasi-LEGAL accessory to achieve his automatic firing. Hopefully, that cleared something up. Visit your NRA quasi-military recruitment web page for further clarification.