Robert Green wrote:

And if a member of the community DOES carry a weapon and DOES
patrol, even in a marked vehicle, what're the police to do? Taunt
him a second time?

Very soon in Florida and elsewhere there could be a laws to address
that. Roam around looking for trouble while armed? You'll get
arrested. Or revoke your handgun permit. Or charge you with being
an unlicensed security guard. Or do any number of things quite more
unpleasant than a taunting. Heller didn't give Americans unfettered
carry rights, despite what some people incredibly choose to believe.
It said there could be reasonable conditions places on gun ownership.

As the pendulum swings, don't be surprised to see anti-vigilante laws
being passed in a number of states. Heller and McDonald were 5-4
decisions. All that has to happen is one conservative member retires
for the calculus to change completely. H & McD concerned, primarily,
handgun ownership bans, real and defacto. There will need to be a
large number of lawsuits in order to determine whether any other
existing gun regulations might also be unconstitutional. As far as I
know, NYC's Sullivan law still stands.

Giggle.