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Gun Control & RKBA

doc03

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7. Everyone I know down there lives in a gated community and

Reply to GreenStormCloud (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:52 PM

Dec 2012

I have searched for homes there and damn near everyone is in a gated community.
These aren't wealthy communities either I visited a couple in an RV park in Florida
they paid $17000 for a camper in a gated community. That is the main reason I have sort of forgotten the idea of moving there, if there is that much crime I think I will stay in Ohio.

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FLORIDA expected to issue one millionth CCW week. [View all] GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 OP

Worth noting that a huge number of Florida's permits are non-resident Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #1

117,595 out of state permits as of Nov. 30. ... spin Dec 2012 #20

With all those guns why do Floridians all see the need doc03 Dec 2012 #2

Most do not live in gated communities. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #5

Everyone I know down there lives in a gated community and doc03 Dec 2012 #7

Then your circle of friends is limited to 1%ers. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #9

Must be doc03 Dec 2012 #10

not everyone gejohnston Dec 2012 #11

Confirmation bias? n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #13

I've lived in Florida for 43 years ... spin Dec 2012 #16

I have gone to Florida the last couple winters since doc03 Dec 2012 #22

anywhere but the Villages gejohnston Dec 2012 #25

"Gated communities?" Another thundering stereotype? Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #15

LOL One of the weathiest people in this area built a doc03 Dec 2012 #23

$5 million house and barbed wire guarantees bad taste! Not called McMansions for nothing. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #24

Hope this is not something you are celebrating. Loudly Dec 2012 #3

Of course I am celebrating it. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #4

Then I must ask what you foresee for the society which I assume you cherish. Loudly Dec 2012 #6

Concealed carry saves more innocent lives than it takes. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #8

As long as no bad comes from it... slackmaster Dec 2012 #12

Why don't you explain for us the moral harm caused by guns, Shares? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #18

Good to see you back posting SHARES UNITED ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #14

It must be nice to live in a world where issues are either good or bad. ... spin Dec 2012 #17

A black and white TV that only gets one channel... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #19

Shares must be a real hoot at parties. nt rDigital Dec 2012 #21

Great news! Simo 1939_1940 Dec 2012 #26