Plaxico gets 2

[stomachmonkey]

Better than the 3.5 he could have received.

[daepp]

2 years in prison just for having a pistol in a nightclub? That seems a little harsh don't you think..

[Seahawk]

This link has some excellent data for possession of a fire arm in New York.

http://www.pretrial.org/Docs/Documents/brief11.pdf

The real meat is on page three. If Plax is not a celebrity football player his chances of going to jail are very slim. This is, in my mind, yet another selective prosecution by a DA for political reasons.

Plax is an idiot, but two years?

[legion]

I've got to wonder if the prosecutor is another "Eliot Spitzer" in the making?

[flatbutt]

Not just having the pistol but discharging the weapon in the nightclub.

[TechnoViking]

Seems like the fact that he SHOT HIMSELF should have weighed into the equation. IMO, he learned a valuable lesson about firearms already.

[legion]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Not just having the pistol but discharging the weapon in the nightclub.

Forgot about that part. That makes the sentence seem a little more fair.

[charleskieffner]

im dying to know what model pistole he shot himself with????????

if its 1911 configed or any type thereof............HES THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THE PLANET!

ie. the 1911 design is THE MOST SAFEST PISTOL EVER DESIGNED! with its many safetys.

[flatbutt]

yes charles but when you carry it in the waist band of your sweatpants with the safety off......

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Not just having the pistol but discharging the weapon in the nightclub.

Point well taken and I factored that into my comments above.

The accidental discharge of the weapon, the fact that no one was hurt and the fact that he was not in the commission of a crime mitigates my desire to take two years away from Plax.

Had anyone been hurt, off with his head.

Again, he is a complete idiot, but, in my estimation not a threat to the community...one year would have been plenty.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by charleskieffner

im dying to know what model pistole he shot himself with????????

if its 1911 configed or any type thereof............HES THE BIGGEST IDIOT ON THE PLANET!

ie. the 1911 design is THE MOST SAFEST PISTOL EVER DESIGNED! with its many safetys.

Glock.

[stomachmonkey]

Part of his initial defense was the recent incidents of violence against NFL players.

Me thinks he has enough money to hire security that is licensed to carry a firearm.

Smells like a case of some dude wanting to be cool and thinking his celebrity gets him a free pass.

[charleskieffner]

note to self........dont carry loaded firearm in nightclub w/safety off.......hmmmm!

if it was a glock...........YIKES! so much for the uber austrian uber safe gun theory!

last week saw my first NO CARRY CCW sign at gallaghers restaraunt in the window.

only one so far that has legally posted sign against CCW since new law signed by GOVERNOR.

[on2wheels52]

"Seems like the fact that he SHOT HIMSELF should have weighed into the equation."

It's not like the bullet was headed for someone else and he threw himself in front of it.
Jim

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by on2wheels52

"Seems like the fact that he SHOT HIMSELF should have weighed into the equation."

It's not like the bullet was headed for someone else and he threw himself in front of it.
Jim

It actually did. The unlicensed combined with the discharge should have got him 3.5 years mandatory.

I'm sure there was some discussion revolving around "dumbass was lucky he ONLY shot himself".

[Hugh R]

Safety off, a chambered round, finger fuking the trigger. Only shot himself is not the point, could have been someone else's head. No sympathy here.

[Moses]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

The accidental discharge of the weapon, the fact that no one was hurt and the fact that he was not in the commission of a crime mitigates my desire to take two years away from Plax.

Had anyone been hurt, off with his head.

Again, he is a complete idiot, but, in my estimation not a threat to the community...one year would have been plenty.

Disagree with your conclusion a bit. If he's not a threat to the community it seems like "probation" could properly be applied without any problems. How does incarceration serve the public?

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Moses

Disagree with your conclusion a bit. If he's not a threat to the community it seems like "probation" could properly be applied without any problems. How does incarceration serve the public?

I was thinking more along the lines of a one year suspension from the league, which is punishment enough in my mind.

Our culture has become so celebrity driven that we seem to worship or punish beyond either the talent or the crime.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Part of his initial defense was the recent incidents of violence against NFL players.

Me thinks he has enough money to hire security that is licensed to carry a firearm.

Smells like a case of some dude wanting to be cool and thinking his celebrity gets him a free pass.

Or a dude that thinks the 2nd amendment actually fking means something.

If Plax was an Eagle he would be a free man today, but instead he was forced to live in the Gestapo state of NY where his right to self defense outside his home does not exist.

FU NY.

[Moses]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I was thinking more along the lines of a one year suspension from the league, which is punishment enough in my mind.

Our culture has become so celebrity driven that we seem to worship or punish beyond either the talent or the crime.

Absolutely.