[thevillages2013]

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.

Saucy but true, Saucy!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by SaucyJim

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.

But there are some rather inebriated Villagers as well as hotheads full of adrenaline along with men and women with Alzheimer's or some other kind of dementia with weapons that can kill another person in seconds. It only takes there being one of these rather than a well trained and very level headed concealed gun carrier for there to be a tragedy. I also wonder about the aim of the inebriated.


I would rather the police handle these things.

[BlackHarley]

When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away!

[NoMo50]

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.

Wrong answer, and this ain't the criminal coddling environs of some states. In Florida, the minimum sentence for discharging a firearm during a carjacking is 20 years. Add to that kidnapping, and the fact the perp is a convicted felony, and the sentence could very well be life.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by BlackHarley

When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away!

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.

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

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

Each year, the Sumter County Sheriff holds HR-218 qualifications for retired law enforcement officers. This is a federal statute that allows retired LE to carry concealed firearms anywhere in the US, it's territories, or possessions. Annual qualification is required to maintain certification. This year, the Sheriff's Department qualified over 600 retired LE under the statute.

In this life, there are wolves, there are sheep, and there are sheepdogs. I know which tribe I belong to.

[Marmaduke]

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.

Many Villagers are still licenced and HIGHLY competant concealed carry gun owners, believe me.

This lifelong fumbling felon is lucky to be alive.

Furthermore, the follow-up story with the other local 'news' source, (and I use that term loosely) is utterly ridiculous, with a pretty clear portrayal of events, but a series of fragmented, incomplete writing leaving the readers left dangling.

ie., he held a gun to a man's head and moved him from the back to the front of the store...he grabbed an employee by the arm as he moved past her.

Then what?
Obviously, he must've decided to release them as he got to the front door.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Marmaduke

Many Villagers are still licenced and HIGHLY competant concealed carry gun owners, believe me.

This lifelong fumbling felon is lucky to be alive.

Furthermore, the follow-up story with the other local 'news' source, (and I use that term loosely) is utterly ridiculous, with a pretty clear portrayal of events, but a series of fragmented, incomplete writing leaving the readers left dangling.

ie., he held a gun to a man's head and moved him from the back to the front of the store...he grabbed an employee by the arm as he moved past her.

Then what?
Obviously, he must've decided to release them as he got to the front door.

And it is a lottery if one of these will be around rather than a drunk with a pistol he should never have left the house with .

[bark4me]

Originally Posted by 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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To dispel many of you who know not what you say..... Many of those who carry concealed routinely practice and train. Just stop by Shooters World and see how busy their ranges are. With comments like yours, don't be upset if the person who carrys only defends their life and not yours!

[Beyond The Wall]

Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shots fired.
Always carry, have rear doors on auto lock. Also carry to squares.

Also keep building low price apartments surrounding The Villages. Brings in a nice class of people.

The Villages has pretty much escaped the rest of “ The world’s gone crazy” syndrome . There have been incidents but it’s a big, and getting bigger, place.

[Babbs1957]

The house with the burglar alarm signs and cameras cause the criminal to move on to those houses without.

The idea behind CCW is the similar to the idea of having police on every corner. A city that supports their police and their judicial system sends a message to criminals that it's better to move on to another location to create your crimes.

A state that supports CCW sends the message to criminals that it's best not to come here and commit your crimes. Sure there will always be criminals, but pure animals would come into this country and go to those locations where they had little to no fear of arrest or life stopping arrest.

I'm all for sending the message that this area and Florida is against crime. This way the animals of the world will go to other states where they can be supported.

[RoseyRed]

Originally Posted by 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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Wow! Considering all the Vets in TV I am surprised he did not meet up with his demise!

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by NoMo50

Wrong answer, and this ain't the criminal coddling environs of some states. In Florida, the minimum sentence for discharging a firearm during a carjacking is 20 years. Add to that kidnapping, and the fact the perp is a convicted felony, and the sentence could very well be life.

I hope so.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Babbs1957

The house with the burglar alarm signs and cameras cause the criminal to move on to those houses without.

The idea behind CCW is the similar to the idea of having police on every corner. A city that supports their police and their judicial system sends a message to criminals that it's better to move on to another location to create your crimes.

A state that supports CCW sends the message to criminals that it's best not to come here and commit your crimes. Sure there will always be criminals, but pure animals would come into this country and go to those locations where they had little to no fear of arrest or life stopping arrest.

I'm all for sending the message that this area and Florida is against crime. This way the animals of the world will go to other states where they can be supported.

True.

Back in MN when permit-to-carry went into effect, a lot of anti-gun business people (convenience stores, liquor stores, gas stations, etc.) put those "No Guns Allowed On These Premises" signs in their windows. The signs came down right quick when it became apparent that the places with the signs were being hit by the criminals far more often than places with no signs.

Criminals as a group may not be the sharpest knives on the tree, but they know enough not to unduly risk their posteriors during the commission of a crime.

[Mrfriendly]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

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

With majority of residents being retired police, military and fire veterans I’m not worried.