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Bet you pats fans wish this happened this time last year! LOL
Bet you pats fans wish this happened this time last year! LOL
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"Players, for whatever reason feel the need to carry guns," Mara said. "It's not something we're particularly pleased about, but that is the choice that they make. You'd like to think that most of them are licensed to do that, but I'm not sure that's always the case."
"Most likely, it is not the case more often than not. Burress reportedly had an expired license to carry a gun in Florida, but not New York or New Jersey, where he lives. If he felt he was unsafe going to the New York club two questions arise: Why go there? And, if you think you need protection wherever you go, at $7 million a year, why not hire bodyguards?"
"At the root of incidents like this is a simple fact: athletes -- and many others -- own guns not because they feel unsafe, but because they like them. They like owning them and talking about them. When the PGA Tour announced that random drug testing in players' homes was possible, Frank Lickliter, a long-time tour player -- and hothead -- responded by saying that drug testers make house calls would be greeted by him -- and one of his guns. Most players thought that was a hoot, old Frank would sure show the Tour, shooing drug testers off his property with a gun."
Two days after Burress's shooting, the Washington Redskins staged yet another maudlin tribute to the late Sean Taylor, who was shot and killed in his own home a year ago by young men carrying guns they apparently had no trouble getting their hands on. The re-writing of Taylor's life story since his death has been remarkable -- Nelson Mandela and Jackie Robinson had nothing on him if you watch, listen to and read media reports in Washington -- but that's a separate issue.
One year ago it was written here that if Dan Snyder and Joe Gibbs really wanted to see some good come from the tragedy, they would use their money and influence to lobby for stricter gun laws. Of course, that never happened. Gibbs went into a series of evangelical rants about how Taylor's death was saving souls on the Redskins and Snyder simply staged one ceremony after another -- all the while inviting the likes of Rush Limbaugh to sit in his box.
The owners and players should agree that players can't own handguns. That won't prevent players who like to hunt from hunting. If a player feels unsafe for any reason, he can ask his team to provide security -- all NFL teams have good-sized security forces, most of them retired law enforcement officials -- or they can hire their own security guards.
Now, let's not start screaming about the Second Amendment. To begin with, the amendment should be abolished -- a sensible interpretation of the amendment is that it was written to allow the people to raise a militia for protection and to hunt for food. Clearly no one needs to raise a militia these days, and those who hunt for a living can be licensed to do so.
It would be nice if President-elect Obama had the time to focus his energies on repeal of the Second Amendment, but he first has to deal with a broken economy and the incredibly wrong-headed war started by his predecessor. What's more, the issue of gun rights causes almost as much screaming from the right as abortion rights, the irony being that those yelling the loudest about the right to life are usually those yelling almost as loud about their right to carry weapons that kill.
The Second Amendment isn't going to be abolished any time soon. That should not prevent the NFL -- and all sports leagues -- from taking handguns away from their players. It is no more unconstitutional to say players can't own guns than it is to say they must be subjected to drug testing when there is no evidence they have used drugs, or saying they can be fined for speaking their mind about officiating.
So let's not use the constitution as an excuse. If the NFL owners are concerned about guns -- and they should be -- they need to make the union understand why it is important that it be concerned, too. Baseball, basketball and hockey should do the same thing. The leagues need to do something about their players and their guns.
In all likelihood though, nothing will happen. People will scream about the Second Amendment and safety. Neither of which has anything to do with what happened to Plaxico Burress last Friday night.
Mayor Bloomberg said:"Our children are getting killed with guns on the street," the mayor commented during an unrelated press availability in the Bronx. "Our police officers are getting killed with guns in the hands of criminals."
As for hospital officials who allegedly didn't immediately report that Burress had been brought to the hospital and treated, the mayor said, "It's a misdemeanor, it's a chargeable offense, and I think that the district attorney should certainly go after the management of this hospital."
He scoffed at the hospital's "lame execuse that they didn't know. This is a world-class hospital in a city where we all know what goes on in the streets of our city and where all should be working to get guns off the street."
What children? What police officers? What the f*ck is this assclown talking about? Burress shot himself.
You know what else is a criminal? When a mayoral candidate runs for a third term in office when term limits limit terms to two. What a f*cking hypocrite.
So a private individual's health care record is now subject to King Bloomberg's mandate?
Gunshot wounds are supposed to be reported to the police. Been there, got the Tshirt!
There is no "New York non-resident process", at least not since the Chautauqua country law department told judge Cass to knock if off since they felt he lacked jurisdictional authority to issue for foreigners and Canadians (that county's application had a "check if Canadian resident" box back in the early 90's). Too bad to, they were great folks to deal with and sent out NYS (not valid in NYC) permits by mail.And obviously Burress ought to have gone through the New York non-resident process (I think he's a New Jersey resident). Shame on him.
So a private individual's health care record is now subject to King Bloomberg's mandate?
Contrast this situation with the one faced by current Patriot Brandon Meriweather when he was playing at Miami. One of his teammates was outside their house one day when someone drove up and started shooting. The guy took a bullet wound (not serious) and then Meriweather, who was licensed to carry, ran out and returned fire, driving the shooter off. Never got in trouble for it. Why? Because he had the proper CCW permit.
Gun shot wounds have to be reported to the police in every jurisdiction that I'm familiar with. That's been the law for a long time and has nothing to do with Bloomberg. Same in MA, same in CA, same in TX, same in well, you get the point. Dog bites too, for that matter.
There is no "New York non-resident process",