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Cantonment Woman, 62, Facing Weapons Charge After Allegedly Pulling Gun In Walmart Parking Lot
June 1, 2022
A 62-year old Cantonment woman was charged with a felony weapon offense after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at a man in the parking lot of the Ensley Walmart.
Jocelyn Brye Edwards was charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Deputies were in the parking lot of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office precinct on Hood Driver when an individual began screaming and whistling at them from the Walmart parking lot while pointing at a four door car. Deputies stopped the car on the north end of the parking lot.
The victim said he was walking out of the Walmart with his wife and daughter when the vehicle almost hit them. The victim said they became involved in an argument when Edwards pulled out a silver handgun and pointed it at him. She then got out of her vehicle and poked him twice in the forehead with the weapon, an arrest report states, before she drove away.
The arrest report states security video from the store showed Edwards point “something” at the victim’s head.
Deputies found a silver semi-automatic handgun under the passenger seat of Edwards’ vehicle, a magazine and bullets in the center console and a black holster under the driver’s seat, the report states. The gun did not have a round in the chamber, but there were bullets in the magazine, the report continues.
The victim declined to press charges for the alleged aggravated assault against him.
Edwards was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
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46 Responses to “Cantonment Woman, 62, Facing Weapons Charge After Allegedly Pulling Gun In Walmart Parking Lot”
Uncl Rico. We don’t have a gun problem..we have a use common sense problem an a criminal problem..no God..no Families…
@The Law
I’ve lived in Germany. I’ve visited Switzerland. Despite what Fox News tells you, they both have the same freedoms that we enjoy here in the US. They’ve just found a way to have freedom AND curb rampant gun use.
Let’s take your perspective: why don’t we go ahead and legalize drunk driving? After all, if someone is going to break the law and drive drunk, no amount of laws are going to stop them. Why don’t we legalize drug trafficking? After all, if someone is going to break the law and manufacture/distribute drugs, no amount of laws are going to stop them.
Or maybe we should institute laws that help promote good behavior in our community. For example, we could make sure people are not allowed to drive unless they are able to prove they can be a responsible driver. Or prevent people from selling drugs unless they can do so responsibly (like a pharmacist). Or make sure someone understands the responsibility of owning and securing a firearm before they are allowed to purchase one.
this country has a gun problem and also a gun propaganda problem.
Bob in both Germany and Switzerland you can be arrested for what is deemed wrong speech. They don’t have speech laws anywhere close to the 1st amendment. Men are required to serve in the military in Switzerland and they keep their service weapon. Would you say that only those who have served in our military can own guns? Germany has the strictest gun laws in Europe and they aren’t really a bastion of freedom outside of their gun laws either. They’ve kind of already gone through the whole evil government thing once wait no twice and disarming citizens is the preliminary step to doing that again. I agree we should keep our eye on Germany but not so we can emulate their government. Common Sense Gun laws are already in place in this country but criminals who defy the law will continue to do so even if more laws are put in place to restrict the law abiding citizen. Again, criminals don’t obey the law now and find ways to obtain firearms. They would do the same with more laws on the books.
@The Law
Tell me you’ve never traveled outside the US without telling me you’ve never traveled outside the US. Switzerland has freedom and guns. Germany has freedom and guns. Italy has freedom and guns. The US has freedom, guns, AND a massive gun violence problem.
Look, you’ve evidently made up your mind that “American Exceptionalism” means that we’re the only country incapable of combatting gun violence using common sense gun reform. If you really think that mass shootings are just part of what makes America great, I’m not going to ever be able to convince you otherwise on a forum like this.
At the very least, please do me a favor and secure your firearms. There are way too many crazies in our community like this lady who believe we’re still living in the Wild West.
Yes Bob the fact she had a gun continues to prove my point that criminals defy the law regardless of what it is. Therefore they’ll ignore new laws too. I appreciate you pointing that out without realizing it again.
Straw sale? The penalties now are pretty harsh for both the buyer and seller if this is caught now. But people still do it because criminals disregard the law and it’s consequences.
Test to own a gun? Terrible idea. “Basic Requirements” to gun ownership is what started the slippery slope in NYC to where it’s nearly impossible for the ordinary citizen to obtain a firearm. Just look at their gun violence stats, you’ll see their stringent laws are really working.
Gun registry? All 4473 forms are stored in guns shops for an upward of 10 years. Should a gun be used in a crime they can trace the serial number back to where it was purchased and pull the paperwork to see who the original owner was.. plus registration is a prerequisite to confiscation, just ask Australia. That should be a big nope for someone who says they “fully support the 2A”.
We shouldn’t listen to our founders because of other mistakes? That’s a straw man fallacy. The issues you stated were problems but bringing them up only serves to wrongly detract from the topic of discussion. It doesn’t hold water that we should dismiss all of someone’s ideas because they didn’t get it all right. All of our other rights are held up and protected by our 2A. Just see how much free speech other places with no guns have… oh that’s right we’re the only country that guarantees that right too… pretty strong correlation eh? God Bless American exceptionalism.
Before there’s any gun ban put in place let’s force the courts to enforce the laws we have. Like if your a convicted felon and found to be in possession of a firearm, no bond, and facing 15 years plus. Rather than someone 27 years old with multiple felony convictions some are in possession of a firearm, but yet their still walking the street.
@The Law
*sigh*
She. Had. A. Gun.
Our current laws didn’t prevent her from acquiring a gun. If our current laws aren’t preventing the problem, maybe it’s time to explore new laws that WOULD.
Did she get the gun through a straw sale? Maybe it’s time to improve our vetting process for firearm sales or increase penalties for participating in a straw sale.
Did she steal it from an irresponsible gun owner? Maybe we should introduce testing requirements for prospective gun owners to make sure they know how to safely store their firearms.
Did she legally obtain the firearm before being charged with a felony? Maybe it’s time to consider a national firearms registry similar to our current vehicle ownership database that could be used to verify if someone charged with a felony owns any firearms at the time of their conviction.
There are common sense laws we could introduce to help prevent gun violence.
Let’s say your opinion on the Second Amendment is right, and that the Founding Fathers would support our right to build nuclear warheads in our garages. Why should we listen to them? They also believed that minorities were property and women shouldn’t vote. Should we also reintroduce slavery and end women’s suffrage because “It’s what the Founding Fathers would have done”? Or maybe we should recognize that we live in a different world than they did, and that we should use the tools at our disposal to make our country better?
@Bob
For Pete’s sake maybe the 3rd time is the charm.. there is already legislation on the books to keep guns out of the hands of the dangerous and mentally unstable. But those people don’t care about the rule of law. All more stringent laws do is create more red tape for the law abiding citizen.. as for the people that have their guns stolen from unlocked cars.. I agree they’re fools, but they should not be punished for someone else’s crime of stealing.
Furthermore, although the 2A itself doesn’t specify anyone can own anything most supporting documents to the bill of rights do. For example the early US government commissioning private ships for war would indicate they already own cannons. James Madison (the author of the Constitution) encouraged private citizens in a letter to equip their ships with cannons.. the 2A in its plain interpretation is that the people should be able to possess any weapon that the government possesses. Why? So the people can be protected from the government should the government decide it’s their job control rights rather than just recognize them.
Along with gun ownership,there are rights and responsibilities……exercise both!!!!
Alice W: so a woman has an argument with a man, she gets out of her car, walks to the man, taps him on forehead with gun…and we are supposed to feel that “she” felt threatened? All she (granny thug) had to do is DRIVE AWAY.
None of you know when or how her felony occurred. It’s possible she’s been a better citizen than most of you or many you know after serving her time.
I understand the law is the law but perhaps considering her age she feels safer owning a gun for the same safety reasons all you do. History proves many legal gun owners should have never been able to and it too easy for anyone to legally obtain one.
You can’t compare other countries to the United States because those other countries do NOT recognize their citizens rights to do much of anything, other than slave for the state!!! Stop pretending that gun violence doesn’t occur in a country where guns are out lawed, becauseit does!!!! You’re free to live in any of those other places, so why are you trying to ruin freedom for others, because that’s what this nation has been founded upon. Are you going to cry about machetes, kitchen knives or other things that can be weaponized, because those bent on murder will find a way!!! Common kitchen chemical can kill more at one time than any guns, so you better include them in your proposed ban!!!!
She could have drove off and chose not to !!! A convicted felon and she knew it !!! Knowing that I hope she understands she is going to do time in prison unless you get some kind of liberal judge that thinks otherwise!!!! Look regardless of what we think about the way she looks and so forth a crime has been committed by a felon with a gun !!!!! Bottom line most likely jail time !!!!!
@ LAMBO
since it is a revolving door (jail/prison) then don’t let them out, ever. Would save a lot of money ( court time), Lawyers would not like it. you must be a Biden twin.
@Firearms owner
The Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. It doesn’t specify that “anyone can purchase any kind of weapon anywhere at any time and do whatever they want with it”. We can have guns and still enact common sense gun legislation to keep guns out of the hands of violent, irresponsible, and mentally unstable people.
Switzerland allows people to own guns. Switzerland does not have a gun problem.
Germany allows people to own guns. Germany does not have a gun problem.
Finland allows people to own guns. Finland does not have a gun problem.
Let’s look at our neighbors and figure out what they are doing right and consider emulating their example.
If she had pulled a weapon on me, especially if I was with loved ones-that would’ve been the last time she did that to anyone ever.
@Bob
The rest of the world has it figured out?!?! We rank number 32 in the world in gun deaths per capita. And that’s assuming other countries accurately report the tribal infighting and mass casualty events.. Boko Haram wipes out entire schools of children like it’s another day in the office.
Sure we ranked higher among “wealthy” or “civilized” countries but if you look at their gun violence to gun ownership ratio they are much more dangerous in terms of when people do get guns it doesn’t end well. These countries act like we’re savages for having guns but the moment Russia or someone else looks at them sideways who do they run to crying for help?
We already have background checks in place. Domestic abusers, felons, and those adjudicated mentally unstable cannot purchase guns. But alas, she did indeed have a gun. Proving that no amount of regulation on law abiding citizens will stop the citizens who don’t obey the law. I mean jeez I can’t believe how meth is no longer a problem since they made it illegal… oh wait..
@Bob
“ The rest of the world has figured out how to deal with gun violence, why can’t we”?
That’s because the rest of the world doesn’t have a 2nd amendment right to bear firearms and have VERY restrictive gun laws IF they even allow gun ownership. Plus you need to compare the population of the few countries that do allow some form of gun ownership.
@The Law
…she had a gun.
Evidently, what we are doing to keep guns out of the hands of unstable people isn’t working. Where did she get the gun? If it was a private sale, how do we do a better job of regulating private sales? If she stole it from a negligent gun owner who didn’t properly store their firearms, how do we ensure that only people who are willing and able to safely store their firearms have access to guns? What steps can we as a country to to make sure incidents like this don’t happen again?
I own multiple guns. I am very safe and responsible with them. I fully support the Second Amendment. But I also think that if someone isn’t willing to spend the time and effort to treat their firearms with respect, they shouldn’t own a gun.
The rest of the world seems to have figured out how to deal with gun violence, why can’t we?
It’s possible the victim was from out of town and didn’t want to deal with having to come back for court. It’s a shame that so many confrontations end with a gun being pulled. Thankfully it wasn’t fired.
I thought the same thing as Darrell. . She has beautiful skin. The funny thing is I thought it before I read Darrell’s comment.
people with guns kill people with their guns,this country was made for people,not guns!
@Bob
We already have laws that prevent such people from possessing a firearm… but those same type of people tend not to have any regard for law. Exhibit A is this nice lady who is a felon.. illegal for her to have a gun but she still had one and chose to put it to someone’s forehead.. laws don’t stop bad guys with guns, good guys with guns do.
she will get a free pass too… poor granny!
Tay.
She was the one with a car and pulled a weapon that she was not supposed to have.
She could have driven off.
Not too hard to get that.
People make way too much of a deal about felons having guns. It really isn’t a big deal. If a person done did something so awful that they can’t walk amongst the population as an equal then don’t let said ppl out of prison ever. Once released back into society all felons ought be as equal as non-felons. Like Biden likes to say, “Period.” Ha! That’s my two cents.
“The Tay” She is a “convicted felon” with a gun ,,, Florida Law says she is headed to prison : “In Florida, convicted felons who are found guilty of firearm possession (Walmart camera footage) can be sentenced to 15 years in probation. Fines up to $10,000.00 can also be assessed, Minimum sentence is 3 years” So fear for her life or not, she lost the right to carry a firearm.
Maybe SHE feared for her life. Irate people screaming at a handicapped 60+ women is frightening. Of course she shouldn’t have had a weapon but let’s get both sides of story before being so judgmental.
Maybe she was having a bad hair day.
@Seminole Dad
I agree. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
We should take steps to create comprehensive laws that prevent dangerous, irresponsible, or mentally ill people from purchasing or owning guns to make it more difficult for them to kill other people.
I’m with everyone else, why wazte police time if you’re not going to follow through, but hopefully, the DA will not let this go, because she still committed a felony by illegally possessing a firearm!
If some one had a gun on this guy’s forehead he may have feared for his life, as well as his families.
Involving the deputies may have descalated the situation.
He may have decided to forgive and let go and not continue to be involved with an off the wall irate person with anger management problems.
She should still be charged as a criminal with a gun, if the cops didn’t witness the altercation then they may not be able to press the assault with the deadly weapon charge.
Moral of the story.
Shop online and have it delivered. Avoid Walmart and the public. Some good came from COVID. Stay away from people. They are a menace. Too much violence lurks in the hearts of many.
Look both ways before you cross a road and pay attention. Get to the other side in a beeline quickly. I can’t believe the idiots meandering with their cell phones in a parking lot in lala land.
Two Rules:
1. You yield the right-of-way, not take it.
2. Just because you are bigger or faster, you may not have the right-of-way.
The victim may not have wanted to deal with going to court and having to testify. But the video shows what happened and she did pull a gun out and point it at the victim.
She needs to spend a long time in jail as with any gun crime done by FELONS, it makes every gun case look bad for all.
Felons that have a gun in possession ANYTIME should face some serious years in PRISON. It may not stop others from getting a gun, but it will slow the tide of shootings. Because of all the mass shootings added together still dont compare the the deaths caused by felons killing others in drug and gang related .
This country has a people problem, not a gun problem.
Well obviously he didn’t press charges because of her friendly face and smile
Yeah, why would the victim not press charges after making a spectacle of themselves to flag down Deputies?
I’m always careful stepping out into any parking lot. Regardless that shoppers think they have the right of way (posted or not), some drivers don’t obey that or just don’t see them. Always better to be safe than sorry.
Lol if you don’t press charges, why even flag a cop down. Not much sense in this county. School system is failing people.
victim declined to press charges. THEN WHY DID THE VICTIM ( “screaming and whistling”) FOR THE PO PO
So… she had this gun illegally?? Imagine that!!!
This is a prime example of criminals still getting access to guns when there are already laws in place stating they can’t.
I’m not making excuses for this woman, but chances are the ‘victim’ egged it on.
Declined to press charges huh. Wow! Irresponsible gun owners gives all gun owners a bad rep. Different story would have been if the victim here was an armed defender themselves. Perhaps a more significant lesson needs to be learned here.
She sure has beautiful skin for a 62 year old woman.
Nice smile for felon in possession of a weapon.
I guess her temper just got the better of her
She was a Deputy years ago, and was arrested for dealing in stolen property. Wondered what ever happened to her.