"One national group, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, is warning tourists to stay away from Florida for their own safety."
Sure they should be scared. If I were a bad guy, who would I rather rob/carjack/mug..a Florida resident who MAY be armed, or a tourist couple straight out of the airport who I KNOW doesn't have a weapon??...
Your comments about criminals attacking visitors is spot on.
Several years ago (more than ten?) the Florida state legislature enacted a law changing the car tags on rental cars. Why? It turned out that criminals operating in high tourist volume cities (Miami, Orlando, etc) were looking for rental cars. With the special rental car tag, visible and illuminated at night, it was very easy to sort out the tourist, with high value cameras and large amounts of cash, from the locals and then just attack the tourist.
Sure they should be scared. If I were a bad guy, who would I rather rob/carjack/mug..a Florida resident who MAY be armed, or a tourist couple straight out of the airport who I KNOW doesn't have a weapon??...
I guess The Brady Bunch would rather tourists go to places like D.C., Boston, Detroit, South Central L.A....you know...gun control paradises that have HUGE gun crime/murder rates.
The Brady Bunch NEVER learned..."an ARMED society is a POLITE society!"
My home state permit is good in Florida. You can count on me having a loaded firearm on me before I exit the Orlando rental-car lot