Subject: Re: ot : florida man
They couldn't have tazed him? He had garden shears, not a firearm.

Apparently they tried, but were unsuccessful. From the article:

“This is just crazy stuff, OK? You know that it’s got to be true – you can’t make it up,” said [Sheriff Gary] Judd, who added that his officers had twice tried to subdue the suspect with a stun gun.