Florida Man, Intoxication, and Firearms

That sounds like a recipe for disaster. Man with gun threatens customers inside, outside Wabasso convenience store

A Wabasso store employee fired warning shots at a “heavily intoxicated” man with a gun who threatened customers inside and outside the business, law enforcement officials said.

Wabasso, Florida is an unincorporated area in Indian River Country. It is about 50 mile drive south of Cape Canaveral, or about a 90 mile drive north of West Palm Beach. It is on the mainland side of the Intercoastal Waterway.

He started outside the store.

A 62-year-old Wabasso area resident traveled to the store on a bicycle and while in the parking lot of the convenience store he “threatened a lady … (saying) he was going to kill her,” said Lt. Kevin Jaworski.

He then went inside the store and told everyone to leave. Why? He was a heavily intoxicated Florida Man.

“The employee pushed him outside,” he said. “She told him to drop the gun, at which point she fired off two rounds (into the air), basically a warning shot to get him to drop the gun.”

There are more details, but apparently this guy was known to the store employee and the customers, who described his behavior as "erratic."

There is more, including how a bystander helped to subdue him when cops arrived. Click thru.

Self-defense is a human-right, and since this took place in Florida, and not in New England, the store clerk was not charged.

The employee, Jaworski said, acted in self-defense, and was, “well (within) her rights to protect herself.”

Good Guys 1, Florida Man 0.

And here is a link to "Florida Man" by Blue Oyster Cult. Because it never gets old.