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friends who went fishing in Florida the other day I will NEVER go into the back country, hiking, camping, fishing, grocery store or anywhere else unarmed ever again. I at least want a fighting chance should something happen. Stay alert, stay vigilant, keep your head on a swivel. If something doesn't look or feel right to you, get the hell out. If you don't know the story just google
3 Fisherman killed in Florida.
 
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Unbelievable that something like that happened in a place like Frostproof. It's a tiny little place where everybody knows everybody generally. It is in Polk County, where Grady Judd is the Sheriff. He is a no nonsense lawman who will get to the bottom of it. Google Sheriff Judd's name and read about some of his exploits. If ever there was a modern day Buford Pusser, he is it.
 
Kid44 said:
friends who went fishing in Florida the other day I will NEVER go into the back country, hiking, camping, fishing, grocery store or anywhere else unarmed ever again. I at least want a fighting chance should something happen.
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You are lucky you can do that. In moonbat MA, you could end up being charged with a hunting regs violation if caught walking in the woods with a handgun (unless you had a hunting license that allowed it and were within the hunting season of whatever you were supposedly hunting).

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Note: Someone correct me if I am wrong about that. My moonbat friend and I argue it back and forth all the time. He claims it's legal, I say not. :o
 
I've heard this mentioned on the radio, but lack details. I don't know if there's any indication that any of the 3 were armed, or offered any kind of resistance. Maybe an ambush attack. I don't know. Just speculating.

The thing is, an attack can happen whether you're alone in the woods or in the big city.

I enjoy being alone in the woods. When I can get back to hiking, I'll continue to do so. I won't let this stop me. But even though I hike on marked trails in state parks, I'm legally armed and do my best to pay attention to what, and who, is around me, and make sure my phone can get a signal. And a trauma kit is part of my EDC gear.

Just my opinion.
 
I'm going to bet they walked up on a Meth lab or a Still.

That said why would you go anywhere unarmed (assuming it's legal of course)?
 
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There is more to the story.....not just a random act of violence. More like a bad blood type of thing over......wait for it.......a woman. So unless you are messing with some other dude's woman a walk in the woods without a gun should generally be safe.....now the friends of the guy targeted that's another story....wrong place at the wrong time.......watch the company you keep. I am not minimizing the fact that three people were murdered, but just that circumstances need to be taken into consideration before drawing a universal conclusion about going into the back country unarmed.....I would not do it but you can't generalize.
 
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I don't think any real details or motive has been released. There is a lot of speculation going on.

One of the deceased apparently was able to say something to his father before expiring.

I'm sure the police will get to the bottom of it eventually. Eventually, actual details will be released.

The advice to carry while hiking or recreating in a secluded area is good though, providing it is lawful to do so.
 
From what I read in the story, the 25 yo "ringleader" has had over 230 felony charges placed against him since he was 12.

As I remember the story, the first friend was ambushed and being slaughtered when the other two friends pulled up and were put under fire when they were ambushed.
 
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From what I read in the story, the 25 yo "ringleader" has had over 230 felony charges placed against him since he was 12.

As I remember the story, the first friend was ambushed and being slaughtered when the other two friends pulled up and were put under fire when they were ambushed.
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Hard to even comprehend that many felonies in such a short time. Must be quite a guy. :rolleyes:
 
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I am not minimizing the fact that three people were murdered, but just that circumstances need to be taken into consideration before drawing a universal conclusion about going into the back country unarmed.....I would not do it but you can't generalize.
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Why, yes. Yes I can

Unless I'm going somewhere where I'm prohibited from having a gun in my vehicle I do not walk out my front door unarmed period.

Is that universal enough for you?
 
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Sounds like a good law to me.
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In Oregon you can conceal carry legally with no permit if you are going to or coming from fishing, hunting, or a gun club. So technically if you have a beater fishing rod in the car, you are good to go.
A couple years back they figured out and actually changed the law on restricting carrying a handgun during bow season. This used to be not legal. The old guilty before the crime---shooing game with a firearm during bow season just because you had the means riding in a holster. Then someone figured out it was a rights violation to restrict you from carrying a handgun when in the woods even if it was bow season.
They do still have restrictions on carrying a center-fire rifle during elk season, unless you have the proper elk tag for the season that is open. Pretty much a cluster because bear and elk seasons overlap. This means no bear hunting with a center-fire unless you also have the proper elk tag. Once again the guilty before the crime deal. Just because you have a center-fire rifle and are in pursuit of bear, does not mean you are going to poach an elk. Someday maybe the F&G people will finger out just how stupid some of their regulations are.
 
Tony "TJ" Wiggins, 26, a hardened criminal with 230 felony criminal charges against him in his arrest history, was the alleged ringleader behind the "massacre."
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Excuse me, but WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS GUY DOING OUTSIDE A JAIL CELL?!?

230 felonies? According to the article at least two of them had to included violence. But that was pretty much a given. Anyone committing that many felonies doesn't murder someone as their first act of violence. They have been violent before.

This is why 3 strikes laws need to be passed nation wide. 3 violent felonies and you never see the outside of a jail again as long as you live. Hopefully, in the case of this scum, that won't be very long.
 
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