[Whitley]

If you want to be entertained (and have no concerns for your bodily safety) go to a Waffle House after midnight.

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

I’ll remember that next time I’m craving some lousy food after midnight, which will be never.

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[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by RedChariot

This is SUPPOSED to be a retirement community! This is not what I envisioned when moving here 11 years ago. The direction this community is taking saddens me.

Remember Vern Gagne? The professional wrestler from the 1960s or so? Well, even wrestlers retire and suffer the effects of aging. Vern was in a memory-care unit when another resident apparently got on his nerves. Vern body-slammed the guy and killed him. No charges because Vern was apparently suffering from advanced dementia.

We don't know at this point if the incident involved Villagers or not. Nor did the incident take place IN The Villages. But be that as it may there are 150,000 or so of us living here. None of us became angels on the day we retired, nor did we leave our likes, dislikes, prejudices, opinions, behavioral traits, etc. etc. from the place we moved from, when we moved here. We're human. We're all pretty much who we were all our lives, and with 150,000 of us in one spot, more or less, things like this WILL happen.

[Stu from NYC]

Not sure if I can believe this as it was not in the Sun this AM.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Spalumbos62

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I agree! Your comment was not necessary. Neither is mine.

[UpNorth]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Not sure if I can believe this as it was not in the Sun this AM.

Page C4

[Kenswing]

NOTHING good happens after midnight.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by UpNorth

Page C4

I will have to look there. Did not see anything the first time around. Top right corner has a few paragraphs.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I will have to look there. Did not see anything the first time around. Top right corner has a few paragraphs.

Don’t feel bad I missed the small article in The Daily Sun too. Although Applebees may not technically be in The villages, most consider that shopping and restaurant area to be The Villages as it is accessible by golf cart.

[christine J Toft]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

This involved a fatality and an argument but the facts are under investigation. One of those involved had a concealed gun carry permit.

Applebee’s patron shoots, kills man inside The Villages restaurant, police say

Concealed carry... And? No information saying the man shot was armed. Since when do you kill a man for putting his hand in his pocket? There may be much more to this story. A Concealed Carry is not a license to shoot at will.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by christine J Toft

Concealed carry... And? No information saying the man shot was armed. Since when do you kill a man for putting his hand in his pocket? There may be much more to this story. A Concealed Carry is not a license to shoot at will.

Hopefully more information will come out. The reporting has been very limited about who did what to whom and why.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by justjim

Don’t feel bad I missed the small article in The Daily Sun too. Although Applebees may not technically be in The villages, most consider that shopping and restaurant area to be The Villages as it is accessible by golf cart.

Lady Lake contains the oldest parts of the Villages.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

From WESH 2 news (of course).

Florida Applebee's shooting leaves man dead

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Has more details. Still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Like who fired the shots outside and whether or not anything was in the pockets of the victim of the shooting?
And what words were spoken and by whom? Law enforcement usually know what they are doing so I expect the facts will come out.

[maggie1]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Not sure if I can believe this as it was not in the Sun this AM.

Well, actually it was in the Sun. Check page C3, the obituaries. And that is not a "snarky" or uncaring comment, it really is there.

[lindaelane]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Hopefully more information will come out. The reporting has been very limited about who did what to whom and why.

We don't know the details of what happened. The most likely scenario is that the man entered the restaurant with gun still in hand.

Don't assume people are "bad" because they have a gun for self-defense. Lives may have been saved by the person with a concealed carry permit. I support hand guns for self-defense possessed by sane, law-abiding citizens. When we take all unlawful guns away from criminals, then we can start taking lawful guns away from the general population.