Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Easier target for bad guys. Bank robbers, for instance, would take the guards out of the equation as quickly as possible but perhaps miss the person with a concealed carry weapon.
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Cars need to be registered, guns largely do not. Car drivers need to be tested and licensed, gun owners do not. It is rare that a car is misused to injure multiple people, it is all too common with guns. Perhaps if guns were more well-regulated with registration, mandatory training, and licensing things might change.
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And I expect many of these victim/survivors were created by weapons used in domestic abuse cases. |
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Yes they do. The Villages gun club has meetings at the rec centers and even cleaning seminars. Attendance is limited to 25 - 35 club members,, We get together at the rec center and clean our firearms. I've been a NRA Instructor for over 40 years. I have certified several thousand villagers to carry a firearm of some type of weapon. A CWFL (concealed weapon and firearms license) you can carry a firearm or weapon. At night, every bar on the squares has people carrying firearms. Unless there is a sign or the owner/manager asks you to take your firearm outside and put it in your car, you're golden.
After all that, I'm not a big open carry guy. I think being able to carry concealed is just fine. And I do most of the time. What I do like, it takes away the chance someone will see my firearm and call the police. Several County Sheriffs have posted videos giving advice on open carry and that they have told their officers not to interfere. It's the law. I hav even seen a villages real estate person with a firearm on. It was covered, but he still carried. If you think there are no guns in The Villages, you're wrong. Just a note, there is no registration of firearms in Florida. In fact, it is against Florida law to keep a list of firearms and/or their owners.
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Jim USAF Retired U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Senior Firearms Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Glynco, GA Last edited by Wing-nut2; 09-20-2025 at 07:10 AM. Reason: missing word |
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough Last edited by Bill14564; 09-20-2025 at 07:52 AM. |
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Where you can drink until drunk, I assume, if that is your desire. |
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Yeah, I modified my post a little. It could be that by the definition of bar and restaurant we don't have bars in the squares.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough |
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Not the same logic. Not even close.just deflection.
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A car used as it is supposed to be used will not cause injuries. A car can malfunction and a car can be used improperly but it is not designed to cause injuries. Because of the potential damage cars may cause if not used properly we require registration, training, and licensing. Even that doesn't solve the problem entirely but I would hate to see what would happen without it. Firearms are designed to cause damage, injury, or death. Used legally, they cause damage to targets or property and they cause death to non-human animals. Used improperly or illegally they cause injury or death to persons but they are still being used as designed. In spite of the damage guns may cause if used exactly the way they were designed to be used, some (most?) states do not require registration, training, or licensing. We can argue over statistics but just in absolute numbers, gun deaths exceed car deaths. I wonder what would happen to those numbers if we required proof of training and registration for purchases.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough |
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Responsible gun owners have usually taken into consideration the enormous amount of personal liability and legal exposure (both civil and criminal) one incurs having a firearm on one's person while simultaneously indulging in alcoholic beverages. Most realize that a civil or prosecuting attorney will tear you apart even if your lawful engagement with a weapon goes absolutely text book - even a sip of beer will be argued to influence judgement. *Most* responsible gun owners are smart enough to leave it at home or in the trunk when drinking in public.
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And there are cases that in which murderers use various vehicles as weapons. Mentally Ill Woman Dies After 20 Years on Nevada's Death Row | Death Penalty Information Center Priscilla Ford - Wikipedia. One of the earlier of these cases was in Reno on Thanksgiving Day in 1980. Last edited by Taltarzac725; 09-20-2025 at 09:10 AM. |
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It will be interesting. Fore example you can't go to the Post Office Otha gun, period. you also can't park in the parking lot of that post office. The post office in wildwood is in a large shopping center, you , by law, can not park anywhere in that parking lot because the way the shopping center wrote the rules, the parking lot belongs to ALL the tenants. That means you can't park there if you're carrying a firearm because of the post office.
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Jim USAF Retired U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Senior Firearms Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Glynco, GA Last edited by Wing-nut2; 09-20-2025 at 09:18 AM. |
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