[The Gazette]

Deputies arrested an armed man accused of threatening multiple Villagers during attempted carjackings on Wednesday night. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office received multiple 911 calls reporting an armed man attempting to enter vehicles at the Walgreens and nearby at the Colony Cottage Recreation Center on Colony Boulevard around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday night.* When deputies arrived,

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[Michael G.]

This guy looks like any father would dream to have a son-in-law look like this. ������

[Taltarzac725]

I am very surprised he made it out alive doing those crimes.

[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.

[BillyGrown]

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

[CarlR33]

Originally Posted by BillyGrown

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

Right, and hopefully with the right training you don’t shoot your foot or another Villager instead of the perp.

[Babbs1957]

Originally Posted by BillyGrown

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

Agree.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by BillyGrown

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

I am much more worried about a Villager with a loaded gun than a prowling criminal.

[jimhoward]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I am much more worried about a Villager with a loaded gun than a prowling criminal.

Me too.

[Aces4]

[QUOTE=Bill14564;2455476]I am much more worried about a Villager with a loaded gun than a prowling criminal "with a loaded gun"?
I added with the loaded gun because the felon was carrying a gun. I wouldn't want either but being shot accidently by a Villager protecting himself or herself is preferable than some d*mn felon shooting me.

[Normal]

[QUOTE=Aces4;2455502]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I am much more worried about a Villager with a loaded gun than a prowling criminal "with a loaded gun"?
I added with the loaded gun because the felon was carrying a gun. I wouldn't want either but being shot accidently by a Villager protecting himself or herself is preferable than some d*mn felon shooting me.

I totally agree. I would much rather be an accidental casualty than the victim of predetermined nefarious intentions. There are already a lot of Villagers carrying guns, it makes the place safer.

[defrey12]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I am much more worried about a Villager with a loaded gun than a prowling criminal.

👍👍👍

[SaucyJim]

Originally Posted by CarlR33

Right, and hopefully with the right training you don’t shoot your foot or another Villager instead of the perp.

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.

[Retiredsteve]

Originally Posted by CarlR33

Right, and hopefully with the right training you don’t shoot your foot or another Villager instead of the perp.

Let them go, it's their last vestige of manhood they have

[SaucyJim]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I am much more worried about a Villager with a loaded gun than a prowling criminal.

Your worries are misplaced. There are many of us around you exercising our rights to conceal carry all the time. Your ignorance is embarrassing you. But I forgive you, for you know not what you do.