[cms36]

Resident of The Villages charged with shooting into neighbor's home - Story | WOFL

[john1953]

A real nut case,glad he's not my neighbor.I like the NO bond.He really does need to stay in jail for awhile

[Sandtrap328]

Do you think he had a CCW? Will it be revoked? Will all guns be permanently taken from this man?

I saw a post on another thread that said it is illegal to handle guns while under the influence but did not see that in the charges.

Even IF the lady is granted a permanent restraining order against the perp, she will continue to be in danger from him. The law can only protect her IF he breaks the order and has contact with her. It might be too late for her when police arrive. Even if she buys a gun for protection, she will be living in constant fear of him until he is (if) put in prison. From what we have seen of the slap on the wrist justice in Sumter County, it is a long stretch of the imagination to think he will go to prison.

[Topspinmo]

I doubt defense lawyer will be able to keep out of the big house. IMO by the time his trail is over he will have to sell his house to pay lawyer fees and still get 15 to 20.

[Kahuna32162]

How much closer does this have to get to home? A sig sauer 9 mm semi automatic with clips that held 15 and 20 shots each. Does he have the right to own it, yes. Should he own it NO.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by cms36

Resident of The Villages charged with shooting into neighbor's home - Story | WOFL

This does happen every so often in the Villages that there is some kind of shooting incident.

There is something people can do for survivors/victims of this. Bug the local librarians as well as the local law enforcement web-site managers to get links to the National Alliance on Mental Illness along with a link to the Florida Victim Services Directory. You can get these web-sites easily just by Googling but it is a way of public awareness and support of mental health and victim/witness survivor resources available in our Villages' community.

I have been pushing this off-and-on since I came of Talk of the Villages in July 2007 at least with respect to Florida Victim Services Directory.

My brother-in-law Jim became enamored of weapons like this and gradually became more and more mentally ill-- he thought my sister-in-law was an alien-- and eventually shot himself in the head killing himself in November of 2014 in a rural part of Virginia.

I have complicated views on weapons of self-defense but there are some people-- like my late brother-in-law Jim-- who should not have access to guns of any kind. I know that a car/truck is just as deadly a weapon in some situations but some control is better than little.

Also Google Taltarzac725. It should give you some ideas of what more you could do. That's my 224 613 Project. That's something I have been doing since January 1991 and what now I believe is making tremendous strides because a lot of people have had enough and will do anything to get involved as well as with helping the more and more victims and survivors these kind of crimes create.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

I would have been firing back. End of problem!

[alwann]

Don't overlook the booze. People do strange things when drunk, unrequited lovers especially. America tried banning booze once, but that didn't work. Neither will banning guns. Drunks and crazies will find a way.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by alwann

Don't overlook the booze. People do strange things when drunk, unrequited lovers especially. America tried banning booze once, but that didn't work. Neither will banning guns. Drunks and crazies will find a way.

That's true. But certain kinds of guns should only be in the hands of those well trained to use them who are mentally healthy and also have other controls on them.

I remember when a mentally ill woman drove her car into a crowd in Reno, Nevada during Thanksgiving. Priscilla Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cannot really stop some people from driving, but we should try that as well.

[kstew43]

Stop and think about what could of happened if she had been at home.........so scary.....the fact that the bullets made it into the kitchen cabinets.....

[Kahuna32162]

Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA

I would have been firing back. End of problem!

Then you would be in jail too.....and for a long time

[Kahuna32162]

Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA

I would have been firing back. End of problem!

Just the beginning of your problem, you'd be in jail too for a long time.

[Cathy H]

so many guns. so many annoying neighbors. great second amendment. fire away!

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Do you think he had a CCW? Will it be revoked? Will all guns be permanently taken from this man?...

1) No
2) n/a
3) Yes, if convicted or pleads to a felony or is found mentally incompetant.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA View Post
I would have been firing back. End of problem!

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162

Just the beginning of your problem, you'd be in jail too for a long time.

You're inside your own home and someone looking like this is firing 33 rounds through your front door. 'stand your ground' 'self-defense', 'home invasion' 'burglar' 'armed robbery', I can think of a whole bunch of reasons why you wouldn't be in jail for a long time.