Plaxico is wealthy, famous and like O.J. has enough money to hire an expensive legal team that will make it all go away.

One has to wonder if Plaxico is as stupid as O.J. and will continue to spit into the face of the law until it finally bites him on the buttocks.

Time will tell...........

You hit the bullseye with that one, Dave!

I don't object to Plaxico carrying the gun; New York, like all big cities, can be a dangerous place, and he's a wealthy, easily recognized public figure. John Lennon found out the hard way what happens to public figures who walk the streets, unprotected, in broad daylight; at a bar at night the danger factor is a lot greater. Though he is not known for his Sunday school ways, Plaxico wants to grow old and die in bed just like we do. For every job there is a perfect tool, and a Glock .40 is pretty much on the mark for legitimate self-defense.

But like Dave I wonder how he managed to shoot himself in the leg with a Glock. I can hardly imagine how he did it if the gun was in any kind of pocket holster. Maybe it was loose in his pocket (not the way to carry a gun) and got tangled up in his car keys...? We will never know. As far as the antigun press is concerned,the gun went off because that's what guns do.

he kept that glock in the waistband of his SWEATPANTS! if your going to keep a gun there at least wear jeans or something. What an idiot

To Eyeball,

You don't object to Plaxico illegally carring an unlicensed weapon? Any responsible gun owner should object. If you don't like the law, change it. But please don't defend criminal actions. It only encourages the anti-gunners to lump all of us in the same basket.

Dave P - you hit the 10 ring.

if only it had an affect on the game against my redskins.....

Another alternative to the DEP scenario is a conviction overturned on appeal citing the Heller decision.

Surely there exists a lawyerly argument wherein claims will be leveled that all NYC's handgun laws are unconstitutional post-Heller and as such, any prosecutions thereunder are invalid. The argument could stand that since NYC failed to modify it's laws to conform to Heller, it's current laws have no effect.

What a hoot. It could be another Supreme Court 2A decision titled: Plaxico vs. New York City.

If the brotha wants to fire a cap into his won ass then let him.

He probably ended up with some brass burns also.The brothas like to shoot their glocks upside down.

Its the unlicensed gun that may doom him. Remember Michael Vick? If he gets off and average Joe gets caught whats he gonna ask for a Plexico pardon?

An old timer one told me that if money don't buy happiness it sure beats out whatever is second in line. He also said that he had been poor and was now rich, he preferred rich.

Dave,
I think you nailed it.No felonies. As to carrying with out a permit in NYC, he is rich,famous so he should have had one. that aside, if he was attacked and used it in self-defence we would be saying,"better to be explaining to a judge than St. Peter." But since he did some thing STUPID, he will be a butt of many jokes and tool of the antis'.

I dislike professional football intensely.It isn't the game itself, but the millions paid to idiots like Plaxico. Surely Plaxico could have applied for a handgun permit, could have worn pants that take a belt for a holster, could have had the sense to put the safety on...But no. Therefore we have another stupid gun trick to scoff at. If Plaxico felt his security was at stake he has the dough to hire a fleeping bodyguard (as if that behemoth needs a bodyguard). So we have an overgrown child, who makes his living playing a childrens game and has millions of dollars wasted on his ego, because he can catch a ball (so can a good dog). I could support hometown sponsored teams that paid the players reasonably and didn't trade human beings like slaves or other possessions. I could dig watching my neighbors kids playing football but professional football and the maroons who play it revolt me, as does the notion that so much money gets blown on our own gladiatorial spectical when good folks have to go without medication, food or housing. Remenber admission to the Colloseum was free to all,how many of the readers can afford even 2 tickets a year. So I have no sympathy for Plaxico, I am amused that he put a .40 slug in his own leg and I hope he misses a lot of football games in the future. What a waste! Bah, Baah! snort!