[Vision2020] 1 In 2 Men In Downtown Orlando Have Guns On Weekends

[Tom Hansen]

If an armed society is a polite society, what could possibly go wrong when
half of Orlando, Florida is armed?

>From Local6.com in Orlando, Florida at:

http://www.local6.com/news/13956220/detail.html

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1 In 2 Men In Downtown Orlando Have Guns On Weekends, Police Vet Says

Many Weapons Stolen From Gun Stores

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Guns are so prevalent in Orlando that 50 percent of the
young men in the downtown area on weekends are carrying them or have access
to them in a vehicle, according to a 20-year police veteran.

"There are always guns involved, in just about every call," Orlando police
veteran Derwin Bradley said. "Out of every two guys walking down the street,
one of them will have a gun."

Bradley said he has to assume most of the young men are armed.

You have to assume (most are carrying guns) if you want to stay alive out
here in this job," Bradley said. "Last weekend we took a guy down here on
the corner and he had a gun under his shirt and he had been in a club."

Police opened up a large locker filled with AK-47s, shotguns and other guns
seized in Orlando and surrounding cities in July.

Investigators said most of the guns are coming from gun store smash-and-grab
crimes in Orange County.

"A great deal of it can be attributed to some gun store burglaries we
suffered in Orange County within the past year," Orange County sheriff's
Sgt. Jimmy Hernandez said. "Unfortunately, some stores were leaving guns out
in the open, so it was an easy target. Now, they are doing a better job of
securing them."

Several times this year thieves have backed a truck through walls of gun
shops and looted businesses.

A member of the sheriff's organized crime squad said most of the stolen guns
end up on the streets.

"When you hear about a gun store being burglarized and 100 guns stolen,
certainly that increases your fear level," Hernandez said.

Authorities said serial numbers found on seized guns show that many of the
stolen weapons stay in Central Florida, WKMG-TV reported.

A new Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms task force is hoping
to slow the surge in violent crime.

"I can assure you that we've initiated the violent crime impact team here,
which consists of Orange County (sheriffs) and the Orlando Police
Department," AFT representative Russ May said. Let's give it a chance. As
there is a surge in violent crime, sometimes it takes law enforcement time
to catch up to that surge."

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in
chat-room forums are neither brave nor clever."

- Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21, 2007)