TV terrorist attack
 

At the Mulberry Grove Recreation Center Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair said he was concern that a movie theater or McDonalds in Marion County could be the scene of the next shooter, terrorist attack.

Read the story in the on line news “Sheriff Blair warns residents to be prepared for active shooter, terrorist attack”.

I feel very safe here in the Villages but expect stories like this will make us even more safe with more people getting training for concealed gun permits.

Not me though as I am no good with small weapons. I doubt if I could hit a Cadillac with a Glock unless I threw it at it.

I do think we should be a lot more aware of people acting out-of-context and the like. If You See Something, Say Something Be a little paranoid, but just a little.

I believe the sherrif is encouraging an education of awareness in differing surroundings and situations.

He is advisng residents of TV as a part of a general, broader need in the current climate of public violence.

I do not think his commentary has anything to do with the potential of whether it could happen here in TV. More like the boy scout motto of being prepared. Or like accumulating hurricane supplies.

I agree, awareness.
Let's not start pushing the "fear" button.

Crisis Intervention Specialists | Marion County Sheriff

On a side note, I like what they have done with the Victim Services part of their web-site.

I worry more about loved ones in areas that would be much more appealing to terrorists like DC, Las Vegas, Boston, Chicago, Reno, San Francisco, etc.

Idiots in golf carts worries me a lot more than terrorists here in the Villages.

That's a good link to follow. I watched all the videos and take the advice.
thank-you

Common sense told me the logical target was DC but the hit came in San Bernardino Calafornia.

Common sense told me the people at the San Bernardino Christmas party had nothing to fear.

Common sense tells me that all the cops carrying all the AK47 they can carry is no defense against against a hidden bomb.

One out of three, not good, making me think common sense is no defense against the jihadist.

Get a concealed carry permit & carry all the time. We are the softest target out there; especially Brownwood Town square, with its elevated bleachers-it makes the area below a shooting gallery.

They carry Assault weapons
 

My little "38 hand gun" is good to keep the burglar from breaking into our house but against the semi-automatic Assault Weapons these Terrorist are carrying you might as well have a sling shot.

Not to alarm anybody----but don't you think that a terrorist in The Villages would get a big media play and a lot easier to carry out than in DC, LA, NY or Chicago.
Yeah, I like that----"be a little paranoid, but just a little". :boxing2:

Not easier considering how many Villagers are carrying concealed weapons and are well trained to use them.

Actually, the Los Angeles area would have a lot more targets because many associate that with Hollywood which is not very well liked by Muslims. My friend at the University of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Management who was from the University of Mosul Library (this is when Iraq was a US ally) really detested US movies and TV shows. This was in 1984 but I will bet that the animosity towards the US entertainment industry is even stronger among some radicalized Muslims especially given movies like American Sniper. That San Bernardino X-Mas party would be something they would target.

I took my family on a vacation that was in the Beltway when the Beltway Sniper was still at large in 2002. The president said not to change your life because of terrorism. Doing so means the terrorists wins. I agreed with his advice.

But I have a big imagination especially when I had to get gas. I imagined my car backfiring and me dropping to the ground, thinking I was being shot at. But also imagined some vigilante thinking I was the culprit not the victim.

I also remember while pumping the gas looking for a white van and looking all over the place like a Clint Eastwood spaghetti bender movie when the good guys see the bad guys hiding behind a curtain.

If you have an interest in our history of terrorism this is good reading.

FORGOTTEN LESSONS FROM THE D.C. SNIPER RAMPAGE
by James Bovard
April 26, 2012
Forgotten Lessons from the D.C. Sniper Rampage - The Future of Freedom Foundation

The sad fact is a terrorist attack can occur any where and at any time. That is thing that creates the terror. You can never predict where it will come from. Be prepared a snub nose beats doing nothing by a long shot.

All guns are different. If you can comfortably carry a bigger handgun than a compact revolver, do so-also get a pistol so you can rapidly reload. The debate is not IF but When & Where.

Also, a police officer in Garland Texas who was carrying a Glock 40 caliber, stopped two terrorists armed with AK-47 style assault rifles.

Not sure what you mean by this GC? I would consider San Bernardino in the Los Angeles area. Distance between Los Angeles, CA and San Bernardino, CA

Radicalized Muslims do rant against Western values and one of the biggest marketers of these is our movies and books. They like to target symbols of our culture/society like the Twin Towers, Pentagon, White House, Liberty Bell, etc.

I am far less fearful in the Villages than in Orlando, Tampa Bay, etc. I also believe that the terrorists go against targets which make them look good to the people in ISIS and Al Qaeda. A bunch of seniors in a retirement community would not seem to be a high priority to ISIS leaders.

Some mentally deranged person might be more of a threat but these kind of attacks are very hard to predict as there is often little logic to them.

What are the odds of actually being attacked and killed by a terrorist?