[dougjb]

The Villages: A Hot Bed of Crime!

Time to call in the National Guard! Let's see those armored troop carriers at every one of our roundabouts!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by dougjb

The Villages: A Hot Bed of Crime!

Time to call in the National Guard! Let's see those armored troop carriers at every one of our roundabouts!

Who pays for them? The Villagers?

[MrFlorida]

I can't believe how many posters would rather be a victim than defend themselves.

[gorillarick]

"Held without bail, how unfair, call the Civil Liberties Union."

said no one that was threatened by this criminal

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I can't believe how many posters would rather be a victim than defend themselves.

You are not a victim if you do not need to carry a weapon to go to the Squares or the movies or Walmart.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

And so are bullets coming out of a weapon of a drunk who cannot shoot straight.

The Old West towns had rules about guns in towns for good reasons. And these were usually men in the prime of their live blowing off steam.

I have no problem with a professionally trained concealed gun carrier. But there probably fewer of these out there than a person who is itching to pull a gun.

I suspect there are A LOT of retired cops here in The Villages, more so than you probably think. Most will not tell you what they did for a living and have a cover-occupation they tell people.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I can't believe how many posters would rather be a victim than defend themselves.

It is like any other hot-button issue, I suppose. Emotion gets in the way of reason.

Funny how it can manifest itself. My wife threw a surprise birthday party for me about a year before retirement. People attending ran the gamut: A British couple, my son, some co-workers, a couple of tennis-playing buddies, the director of the local mental health facility, etc. One of the gifts I got was from my son: a Browning B-92 lever action carbine in .357 Magnum, still in the original box and in mint condition! They were collectors' items even then and I verified that mine was manufactured in 1982, the first year they made them in that caliber. After unwrapping it I cleared it and handed it around so people could see it close-up. When it got to the mental health facility director she handled it as if it were red hot, with an expression on her face that was frozen in a grimace! However when Will (the Brit guy) got it he threw it up to his shoulder and cycled the action several times.

Guns are a hot-button issue clouded by emotion. If we're taught to fear them, no amount of information or reason will allay that fear.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by BillyGrown

It pays to carry a loaded gun. Criminals are everywhere and just as evident they prowl in the Villages too.

Sure. He would have shot anyone who approached him with a gun. He is an ex-felon.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by Aces4

Those crimes will probably net him a month in jail and parole. The ole gray mare (The Villages) ain't what she used to be.

He will be convicted of multiple offenses and will never get out. Florida is very harsh on repeat offenders.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by SaucyJim

More likely I’d shoot the perp while protecting your unarmed ass. I’ll spend the night getting lawyered up and processed and you’ll go home to your comfy couch and watch TV shows about events like the one you survived thanks to me.

maybe the perp will you shoot you first.

[bopat]

I just want to know where I can get a haircut like that?

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

I can't believe how many posters would rather be a victim than defend themselves.

Best thing to do in this situation, is run and hide.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

It is like any other hot-button issue, I suppose. Emotion gets in the way of reason.

Funny how it can manifest itself. My wife threw a surprise birthday party for me about a year before retirement. People attending ran the gamut: A British couple, my son, some co-workers, a couple of tennis-playing buddies, the director of the local mental health facility, etc. One of the gifts I got was from my son: a Browning B-92 lever action carbine in .357 Magnum, still in the original box and in mint condition! They were collectors' items even then and I verified that mine was manufactured in 1982, the first year they made them in that caliber. After unwrapping it I cleared it and handed it around so people could see it close-up. When it got to the mental health facility director she handled it as if it were red hot, with an expression on her face that was frozen in a grimace! However when Will (the Brit guy) got it he threw it up to his shoulder and cycled the action several times.

Guns are a hot-button issue clouded by emotion. If we're taught to fear them, no amount of information or reason will allay that fear.

Wow! Not too many rifles chambered in .357. I used to have one, a Marlin 1894C.
As for your last sentence, I liken fear of guns to racism. Ignorance breeds fear.

[Normal]

Originally Posted by kingofbeer

Best thing to do in this situation, is run and hide.

The lady in the Cadillac did just that and the perp just missed her. The perp fired into her car at Colony Plaza but didn’t lead his shot so it went through the back seat door and into the dash.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Normal

The lady in the Cadillac did just that and the perp just missed her. The perp fired into her car at Colony Plaza but didn’t lead his shot so it went through the back seat door and into the dash.

From the short article about this incident in today's Local Section of The Villages Daily Sun this guy was pointing his gun at various people. The others there did not challenge the man which sounds wise given the guy might have pulled the trigger if a bystander also pulled a gun.


If a guy goes into the Old Mill Playhouse with a long rifle I would hope a Good Samaritan would put well placed shot into him .


Facts matter. Now if they are filming a commercial at the Old Mill Playhouse and have signs announcing that then I would think twice before shooting the actor with the long gun.