On Zimmy's statement to the court

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16. Strange. I have a Concealed Weapons Permit and I don't think that everybody I see is armed.

From your post, I suspect that you are the person suffering from paranoia.

Yes, that is a problem... a serious problem. But this has been bugging me, what all this carry concealed is doing. One stat I heard over the weekend, and no, have not bothered to confirm it, but if even close, points to this problem even better. If you go to a theater in the state of Florida to watch a movie, an average sized theater, and it is full... twenty of your fellow theater goers ARE indeed packing.

Now let's assume for a second this is the case... and this stat is correct... think about that for a second. A place that I go for entertainment, might become the Hollywood version of Dodge City on the drop of a dime. Hell, at least to me it makes going to the theater less than appealing at this point.

And this is what it is doing to society, we are becoming paranoid... and it is not really paranoia. The person in front of you at the supermarket might be packing... that will go a long way to create community, really.

How many reports have you read in the news of a theater in Florida suddenly erupting in gunfire? What's the big deal about being in line at a grocery store behind a person with a legally concealed weapon? If the weapon is properly concealed you should have no reason to suspect that the other shopper is armed.

I wonder if it is only you who is running around thinking everybody near you is armed.

Calm down. While it is true that over 800,000 Floridians currently have concealed weapons permits, only 168 carry permits have been revoked since 1987 for the commission of a crime involving the use of a firearm. (source http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/stats/cw_monthly.pdf) Not all those "crimes" involved a shooting.

Realistically your chances of getting shot by an individual who has a Florida Concealed Carry license is far less than your chances of getting hit by lightning.