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marmar

(77,081 posts)
Thu May 20, 2021, 08:34 PM May 2021

Florida man with gun shoots at Florida man with a banana

Never bring a banana to a gunfight.

A Florida man was jailed Tuesday after allegedly shooting at another driver who threw part of a banana at his truck. WFLA reports that the road rage incident occurred around 8 a.m. in the Tampa Bay area after an argument between Peter Sala Jr. and Robert Lewis went south on Highway 19 North.

Sala Jr. reportedly tossed what appeared to be a partial banana toward Lewis, striking the side of his vehicle. Lewis allegedly responded by firing his handgun at Sala Jr, shattering his passenger side window and causing a shard of glass to cut the victim’s leg.

Lewis was locked up in the Pinellas County Jail and his bond was set at $12,000. ........(more)

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-florida-man-shoots-banana-truck-20210520-2temunratzaa5gyze3w4xae5oa-story.html



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Florida man with gun shoots at Florida man with a banana (Original Post) marmar May 2021 OP
Repugs are turning Flawrida into a banana republic peppertree May 2021 #1
How can discharging a weapon at a person bottomofthehill May 2021 #2
Good question?? yonder May 2021 #4
Oh come on people, he was standing his ground. Chainfire May 2021 #3
If he had a gun, why did he use a banana ? Confusing headline. nt eppur_se_muova May 2021 #5

peppertree

(21,639 posts)
1. Repugs are turning Flawrida into a banana republic
Thu May 20, 2021, 08:42 PM
May 2021

They're making the state finally live up to its reputation as the "American Latin America" - though not for the reason most Repugs think.

Chainfire

(17,549 posts)
3. Oh come on people, he was standing his ground.
Thu May 20, 2021, 09:09 PM
May 2021

The castle doctrine in Florida allows deadly response for bananaing a car. It is all about the sanctity of the 2nd Amendment. You may have to live here to understand it.

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