[skyking]

Reminds me of the stories about men being drugged in Las Vegas and waking up in the bathtub, covered in blood, missing a kidney. Who starts these rumors? And why? Please do not pass them on unless they are substantiated.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

Words to the wise.

1. Keep your doors locked, even when you are home. It will stop someone from just walking in on you.

2. Keep your gargage door closed when you are home or not in the gargage specially when you are in your back yard.

3. If someone is breaking into your home, leave by the back or front entrance away from the person and start screaming FIRE. That will get you more help then yelling HELP. Remember everyone want to see a FIRE but most don't care if you need HELP.

4. IF and that is a big IF, you have a defensive fireams in your home learn home to use them safely and practice what you will do in case of an emergency that would require the use of your firearm

5. Last, its best to retreat from a threat if at all possible and you can safely do so with out putting you or your family in danger. Call the authorities, let them deal with it, that is what we pay them for.

I know that Florida has a "Stand Your Ground" Law, the Castle Doctrine, but standing your ground when under stress and not knowning what to do and doing something that would be a life changing event is not what you want to have happen to you. With all the I training I do and know, I will still retreat if I can and can do safely. Hopefully I will never have to make use of the Castle Doctrine.

Sound advice.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

Words to the wise.

1. Keep your doors locked, even when you are home. It will stop someone from just walking in on you.

2. Keep your gargage door closed when you are home or not in the gargage specially when you are in your back yard.

3. If someone is breaking into your home, leave by the back or front entrance away from the person and start screaming FIRE. That will get you more help then yelling HELP. Remember everyone want to see a FIRE but most don't care if you need HELP.

4. IF and that is a big IF, you have a defensive fireams in your home learn home to use them safely and practice what you will do in case of an emergency that would require the use of your firearm.

5. Last, its best to retreat from a threat if at all possible and you can safely do so with out putting you or your family in danger. Call the authorities, let them deal with it, that is what we pay them for.

I know that Florida has a "Stand Your Ground" Law, the Castle Doctrine, but standing your ground when under stress and not knowning what to do and doing something that would be a life changing event is not what you want to have happen to you. With all the I training I do and know, I will still retreat if I can and can do safely. Hopefully I will never have to make use of the Castle Doctrine.

Hopefully everyone will heed your advice. Great stuff FB.

[graciegirl]

Meta from The Daily Sun called me back just now and she said apparently there was a grain of truth to this story but the stab wounds or cut places were self inflicted.

She said The Sun does not like to report things like suicides or anything that could be related to a person's mental illness.

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

Words to the wise.

IF and that is a big IF, you have a defensive fireams in your home learn home to use them safely and practice what you will do in case of an emergency that would require the use of your firearm.

It's a good last resort option being mindful of the consequences,
I assume in Fl you need a permit for a hand gun but not a handy 12Ga. shotgun.

Is there a nearby range to practice?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Meta from The Daily Sun called me back just now and she said apparently there was a grain of truth to this story but the stab wounds or cut places were self inflicted.

She said The Sun does not like to report things like suicides or anything that could be related to a person's mental illness.

I am bumping my own post because Jimbo and I were typing at the same time.

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

Words to the wise.

1. Keep your doors locked, even when you are home. It will stop someone from just walking in on you.

2. Keep your gargage door closed when you are home or not in the gargage specially when you are in your back yard.

3. If someone is breaking into your home, leave by the back or front entrance away from the person and start screaming FIRE. That will get you more help then yelling HELP. Remember everyone want to see a FIRE but most don't care if you need HELP.

4. IF and that is a big IF, you have a defensive fireams in your home learn home to use them safely and practice what you will do in case of an emergency that would require the use of your firearm.

5. Last, its best to retreat from a threat if at all possible and you can safely do so with out putting you or your family in danger. Call the authorities, let them deal with it, that is what we pay them for.

I know that Florida has a "Stand Your Ground" Law, the Castle Doctrine, but standing your ground when under stress and not knowning what to do and doing something that would be a life changing event is not what you want to have happen to you. With all the I training I do and know, I will still retreat if I can and can do safely. Hopefully I will never have to make use of the Castle Doctrine.

Figmo: Are you planning another class like the one you presented a few months ago, on personal safety and firearms? I could not attend that one and would like to.

[drdodge]

Locks only keep honest people out

drd

[ceejay]

Originally Posted by hulahips

it's being sent around internet. Also another incident where man was getting up at 4 am to leave for airport , opened his front door and saw a man in a hoodie and asked him What do you want?? He ran away. Don't think it said what village that was.

Gates are just a "false sense of security" not really security in villages.

be safe everyone. be cautious. don't let your guard down. Watch out for your neighbors. Protect each other by observing unusual patterns.

This particular incident happens to be true.

The man who was up and leaving for the airport spotted the hoodied guy across the street at a neighbors house, trying to get in the front door. He called out to him and hoody ran away.

This happened the other night in the Village of Amelia.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by ceejay

This particular incident happens to be true.

The man who was up and leaving for the airport spotted the hoodied guy across the street at a neighbors house, trying to get in the front door. He called out to him and hoody ran away.

This happened the other night in the Village of Amelia.

IF it is true, I am sure the man leaving for the airport at 4 a.m. called the Sheriff's office right away and gave a statement to the deputy with a time, description of the "hoodied guy", which direction he ran, etc.

Originally Posted by buggyone

IF it is true, I am sure the man leaving for the airport at 4 a.m. called the Sheriff's office right away and gave a statement to the deputy with a time, description of the "hoodied guy", which direction he ran, etc.

no "IF" about it.This did happen and yes the sherriffs came!

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

I assume in Fl you need a permit for a hand gun.

Not sure that that is true. If you buy a hand gun from a dealer there is a form that you have to fill out. If you buy from a private person there is no form.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Meta from The Daily Sun called me back just now and she said apparently there was a grain of truth to this story but the stab wounds or cut places were self inflicted.

She said The Sun does not like to report things like suicides or anything that could be related to a person's mental illness.

That's good to hear, graciegirl, about the Villages Daily Sun not printing stuff about mental illness. There are very strong prejudices against people with some kind of mental illness. And, it is probably not a good idea to report on suicides in case this might trigger people with very real mental illnesses to copy this act.

Unless there is some kind of history of abuse in the family or some other kind of factors involved, it is best that mental illnesses remain an issue of the family involved and their mental health professionals.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by ceejay

This particular incident happens to be true.

The man who was up and leaving for the airport spotted the hoodied guy across the street at a neighbors house, trying to get in the front door. He called out to him and hoody ran away.

This happened the other night in the Village of Amelia.

See Geraldo Rivera was right about the concerns from people who wear hoodies. If I saw a strange guy wearing a hoodie in on my streets, I'd follow him to see what he was up to and be ready to stand my ground. Oh that's been done already. Kidding aside, I too was left with thei mpression that The Villages was a gated community. I have safety concerns because there are so many dynamics going on all at once. building/construction, vendors/contractors with employed help they probably never do background checks on, renters, people gone from their homes months at a time and many transient people create some real opportunities for the dishonest. Now throw in elderly and the false impression that people living here are all rich and you have motive. Law enforcement would do better by us to patrol neighbors rather than sit on buena vista picking up speeders.

[duffysmom]

Thank you GG for taking action and getting the facts. My sister is moving to Winifred and this would freak her out big time.

I wonder how many people have security systems installed.