Florida Man Shot by Police While Celebrating Ron DeSantis' New Gun Law

[marmar]

AFlorida man who fired a rifle to celebrate the state's new open carry laws before promptly being shot by a police officer has finally been arrested following a two-month stint in hospital.

Christian Labaut, 37, was shot by police on July 7 after he fired a gun into the air. A law enforcement officer shot him when he refused to comply with officers and began running away from them. He was arrested on September 15 following his recovery.

According to the arrest report seen by the Miami Herald, law enforcement traveled to an Upper East Side apartment complex near the 7800 block of Northeast 10th Avenue, Miami, where they found a Labaut wearing body armor and wielding a gun. Witnesses reportedly told officers that Labaut announced he was celebrating the new law and firing a string of bullets into the air. ................(more)

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-shot-police-ron-de-santis-permitless-carry-1828904

[Timeflyer]

1. Nominated for most Floridian Florida headline of the year.

[FSogol]

10. If only they could have worked "raising racoons" or "huffing spray paint" into the headline.

[TSExile]

2. What a dope!!

Seems like he got what he deserved.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. "A Florida man...."

Kind of sets the tone for the rest of the story.

[Conjuay]

12. we do keep the news interesting...

[Freethinker65]

4. I assume he has lost his privilege to vote?

[COL Mustard]

11. Maybe if he's convicted.

Let's not put the cart before the horse, but yeah...I'd like him to lose his right to vote!

[Diamond_Dog]

5. The rest of the world must think we are insane here.

[marble falls]

6. I like that because he wasn't arrested, he won't be able to use the hospital stay as time served.

[NBachers]

7. Who's paying for all this idiot's hospital time?

[Chainfire]

8. "Ask not for whom the bell tolls"

We are all likely to be doing our part to fund the man's recovery and rehabilitation.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. john q public is .

[Martin Eden]

9. Play stupid games

Win stupid prizes.

[Rebl2]

13. Around the fourth

of July and New Year’s, there are always pleadings from the police do not shoot guns up into the air to celebrate, because you don’t know where those bullets will land. They may land on you or on an innocent person and kill them.

[Dustlawyer]

14. It would be ironic if he gets a felony rap for this and can no longer own/possess a gun.

[Grins]

16. Open link, scroll down and there's his photo.

Also, note that in the body of the article it says Floridians by a large margin hate this new law; and by Floridians I mean Democrats AND Republicans!

[MagickMuffin]

17. And here's the gun happy careless gun owner

[struggle4progress]

18. Christian Labaut ... was booked ... Friday on 53 ... charges, including

felony ... assault with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer with violence and possession of a short-barrel rifle, and 48 misdemeanor counts of discharging a weapon in public ...

https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/miami-man-shot-by-police-while-firing-a-rifle-to-celebrate-a-new-gun-law-has-been-arrested-police-say/

[twodogsbarking]

19. And his first name is

[Blue Owl]

20. What a splendid end to the celebration

[Buns_of_Fire]

21. So much for his "body armor", I guess.

Hint to Christian: An army surplus ammo vest probably filled with Snickers bars and bags of Cheetos is NOT body armor, no matter how cool and invulnerable you think it makes you look.

So let's see a smile, big tough guy. You reached the "FO" stage of "FAFO" and are still breathing.

[carpetbagger]

23. Shhh. Let Darwin give the man his award. Nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. Aren't guns wonderful?

In Albuquerque a woman shot at her boyfriend, bullet went through him and hit the head of her 7 year old. The kid is not expected to live. But gosh, take guns away? Restrict carrying them in public? Never! No matter how many are killed.

[Jimvanhise]

24. THIS IS WHY GUN OWNERS NEED TRAINING IN USING A GUN

Bullets fired up into the air come down at the same speed they went up. People are killed this way every year, especially around new years and July 4th.

[Martin68]

25. Florida Man. One step below Neanderthal on the evolutionary scale.