A Florida police chief warned criminals who are thinking about robbing homes of residents that many people in Florida are armed and there might be 'repercussions.'
Fox News contributor Leo Terrell joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss why crime is surging nationwide and how 'parental involvement' can reverse the dangerous trend.issued a warning to criminals in the state after saving a burglar who was shot by a homeowner.
"One should expect that if you are brazen enough to enter into someone’s residence and it is not yours, with intent to commit an unlawful act, there may be repercussions," Haines City Police Chief Gregory Goreck said in a"We live in Florida, and more so, we live in Polk County, and most people are armed," he said.
Goreck was responding to an incident on Friday where a Florida man with a concealed weapon permit arrived home and found two intruders burglarizing his residence.The homeowner fired his gun and struck one of the suspects before they both fled the scene.
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