Burress sentenced for two-years, begins serving time
Former NFL receiver Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison and will begin serving his time immediately.
Burress was accompanied by this wife, son and father to the hearing this morning. He pled guilty to a weapons charge last month stemming from an incident in which he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Manhattan nightclub in Novembver.
ESPN reported Burress’ attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said it was “a tragic day for a decent man.”
I think the tragedy was avoided in this situation because Burress only shot himself and nobody else. Hopefully other athletes will think about this incident and how Burress will lose two years of his life because he was careless about a weapon and be more careful themselves.
Burress says he intends to play football once he’s released from prison, although he’ll be 34 and probably won’t have many options. His best football days are definitely behind him.
Rule 1 – obey the law, don’t carry without a CCW.
Rule 2 – when deciding to break rule one, purchase a proper concealment holster and wear a jacket to cover said holster.
Rule 3 – when deciding to break rules one and two, don’t chamber a round.
Rule 4 – when breaking all three of the above rules, do not point the loaded, chambered and badly stored firearm at your testicles.
Rule 5 – if you’ve broken all the rules and the gun starts to slip, BROTHER! LET IT DROP! Dropped Glocks shouldn’t discharge, but if you go grabbing at a falling pistol where the safety is mounted on the trigger, you’re just begging to get a hole where you don’t want one.
Rule 6 – when disregarding all forms of sensible behavior with regard to firearms, don’t do it in a crowded place in a city with extremely tight gun laws.
I sympathize with the guy – I don’t think he deserves 20 months in MidSecurity, but he made a long series of bad choices to land himself there. By his irresponsible actions, he endangered everybody around him.