Burress pleads guilty on felony charge

Facing the prospect of spending at least 3½ years behind bars, one-time Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress on Thursday accepted a plea bargain with a two-year prison sentence for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.

The former New York Giants wide receiver pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a lesser charge than he had faced. He will be sentenced Sept. 22, and lawyer Benjamin Brafman said he expects Burress to begin serving his sentence immediately after.

If he’s well-behaved, he’ll likely serve 20 months.

Even if he decided to break the law and ignore common sense to carry it in, all he would have needed was a half-decent holster to avoid all this.

Uncle points out this Kimber for sale and asks us to check out the final photo.

What in the HELL is wrong with people?

Hey, I kind of like this.

You can keep the gun loaded when locking it.

Not sure about the origin of these, but they were recently forwarded to me.

There's an extra hole in that shoe...

Additional photos are a bit graphic.
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Too stupid for words.

Why I hate magazine safeties

John the toilet laid to rest at Utah restaurant

CENTERVILLE, Utah (AP) — John, a porcelain commode gunned down in an accidental shooting at a fast food restaurant’s bathroom, has died. His age was not immediately known.

The toilet was shattered by a bullet Jan. 12 when a man’s gun fell from its holster as he was pulling up his pants, police said. Police do not plan to file criminal charges in connection with the incident.

Christian Martinez, manager of the Carl’s Jr. where John was gunned down, held a memorial service Friday at the restaurant. He gave away bottles of John’s favorite toilet cleaner, Kaboom Bowl Blaster, to the eatery’s first 50 patrons.

Image of the shattered toilet at the link. Police blame the style of holster.

1. Why would people do all this for a toilet?
2. Why would supposedly reputable news agencies report it in this manner?

Failed to post this when it came out, but here it is: Pelham chief, Westfield Sportsman’s Club plead innocent in boy’s machine gun death

Innocent pleas to the charge of involuntary manslaughter were entered in Hampden Superior Court on Monday on behalf of Pelham Police Chief Edward B. Fleury and the Westfield Sportsman’s Club, accused in the accidental death of an 8-year-old Connecticut boy.

The charges followed the Oct. 26 death of Christopher K. Bizilj, of Ashford, Conn. The boy died from a head wound when he lost control of a Micro Uzi submachine gun he was firing at the Westfield Sportsman’s Club gun show.

The police chief owns COP Firearms & Training, the place of the accident.

The father will, apparently, not be charged. I can understand that he’s suffered a lot and will suffer more, but it’s difficult to see how someone else can be legally at fault while he isn’t.

The state law which prohibits furnishing automatic weapons to persons under the age of 18 was broken. State Rep. Michael A. Costello (D-Newburyport) says he will support a bill raising the the age requirement to 21.

And that would have helped how, exactly?

And, inevitably, in the comments section of the news item:

I don’t think this is what our forefathers had in mind when they wrote the second amendment to the Constitution.

No, it’s not. Most people would be shocked if we made provisions for what the Second Amendment is really about.

Via Red Stick Rant.

Ashby Jones on the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog points out a take by David Kopel.

Meanwhile, Burress has been suspended for the rest of the NFL season.