Repo Man Proves That Being Right Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Also Be Dead

“Here lies the body of William Jay, Who died maintaining his right of way— He was right, dead right, as he sped along, But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.” ― Dale Carnegie, From How To Win Friends and Influence People. A recent story out of Florida shows us that being dead … Read more

Florida Man Could Get 10 Years for Shooting Down a Police Drone (With an Illegally Possessed Rifle)

Wendell Doyle Goney, 52, of Mount Dora, (Florida) pleaded guilty Thursday in Ocala federal court to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to court records. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 18. Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to a burglary at a 10-acre industrial property in July 2021 in Mount Dora, northwest of … Read more

Florida Dad Shoots At Room-Mate Who Slipped Into Teen Daughter’s Bed Naked

A person must face imminent death or great bodily injury at the hands of an attacker to use deadly force in most jurisdictions. However one Florida dad couldn’t think clearly after his teen daughter alerted him that one of their adult house-mates slipped into her bed, sans clothes. Dad, learning of the intoxicated house-mate’s shenanigans, … Read more

Career Criminal Florida Man Shoots Himself With a Stolen Gun While Committing Yet Another Crime

Cops say Florida Man™ Justin McCall, who was out on bond for two previous burglary arrests, stole a handgun during yet another vehicle break-in. That gun proved his undoing later that evening. Wearing a woman’s boots from the earlier burglary, he negligently shot himself in the leg while committing yet another vehicle break-in. McCall, aged … Read more

Florida Man Points a Fake Gun at a Man Sitting In His Car and Lives to Regret It (Though Not Very Long)

You’ve read the platitude in the comments a thousand times – play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The recent equivalent for a Florida man was, walk up to an innocent man in a car who was minding his own business, with a gun in your waistband, then draw and point the heater at the man … Read more

Risky Business: Florida Man Intervenes to Save Pregnant Woman Being Attacked Outside Publix Store

Using force to protect third-parties poses all manner of dangers to a good guy with a gun.  Sometimes though, it’s clear to even most low-information types that force is justified against an attacker of a third party. That’s exactly what happened outside a Largo, Florida Publix supermarket. A man stomped his pregnant girlfriend’s head and … Read more

Florida Sheriff Grady Judd on Looters: ‘Shoot Him So He Looks Like Grated Cheese’

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd: People have a right to be safe in their homes… I highly recommend, if a looter enters your home, you grab your gun and you shoot him, you shoot him so he looks like grated cheese. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd at press conference.   Polk County Sheriff Grady … Read more

HEY, LOOK AT ME: Oregon Man Surrenders His Two-Gun Arsenal To Police After Uvalde Massacre

We all thought that Florida Man sets the hightest bar for head-scratching moments. Now an Oregon man by the name of Ben Beers rolled his only ace in the game of conspicuous virtue signaling to step up and challenge Florida Man to hold his beer(s). Mr. Beers’ claim to fame: he has publicized his act … Read more