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sportscurmudgeon · 08-20-2009, 10:14 PM

Indeed, the criminal justice system does not punish "what if" crimes. It only punishes actual violations of the law.

Plax is not in jail because he took a gun to a nightclub where it accidentally went off. That is not his crime.

His crime is that he carried a concealed handgun which was unregistered. There isn't a lot of "what if" in there; he did exactly that.

Whether or not anyone likes it, that is a crime in NYC. And if anyone thinks that such a law violates the 2nd Amendment of the Constituion, then you also need to believe that there have to be thousands of idiots practicing law in NYC for the past several years because none of them has figured a way to get their aruguments heard in Federal Court to make the NYC law null and void. Highly unlikely...

You don't have to like it, but that is the law in NYC and Plaxico Burress broke it. Even his lawyer - - the same guy who got P-Diddy off on similar charges about 2 years ago - - said that Burress' case was virtually indefensible.

The law is there because the people who make laws in NYC voted it there and the people in NYC have kept those folks in office so the people there cannot be super-offended by the law. If you don't like that law, live somewhere else. If you have to live in NYC or visit there, obey that law or you might be spending time in the Crossbars Hilton with a roomate named Big Bopper.

Burress is not guilty of a "what if" crime. He is guilty of carrying a concealed unregistered handgun in NYC. That is what he plead guilty to; that is why he is going to jail.

TECHNICALLY, the security guard at the nightclub who picked up the gun after Plax shot himself is also guilty of violating this law; so is Antonio Pierce who took the gun from the security guard and then took it back to Burress' home in NJ. The grand jury chose not to indict Pierce so the argument that Burress only got charged because he was a "celeb" doesn't hold a lot of water because Pierce is a comparable "celeb". I don't believe the security guard was ever brought to the grand jury for consideration.

08-20-2009, 10:14 PM	#40
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	Re: Plaxico Agrees To Two Year Jail Term Indeed, the criminal justice system does not punish "what if" crimes. It only punishes actual violations of the law. Plax is not in jail because he took a gun to a nightclub where it accidentally went off. That is not his crime. His crime is that he carried a concealed handgun which was unregistered. There isn't a lot of "what if" in there; he did exactly that. Whether or not anyone likes it, that is a crime in NYC. And if anyone thinks that such a law violates the 2nd Amendment of the Constituion, then you also need to believe that there have to be thousands of idiots practicing law in NYC for the past several years because none of them has figured a way to get their aruguments heard in Federal Court to make the NYC law null and void. Highly unlikely... You don't have to like it, but that is the law in NYC and Plaxico Burress broke it. Even his lawyer - - the same guy who got P-Diddy off on similar charges about 2 years ago - - said that Burress' case was virtually indefensible. The law is there because the people who make laws in NYC voted it there and the people in NYC have kept those folks in office so the people there cannot be super-offended by the law. If you don't like that law, live somewhere else. If you have to live in NYC or visit there, obey that law or you might be spending time in the Crossbars Hilton with a roomate named Big Bopper. Burress is not guilty of a "what if" crime. He is guilty of carrying a concealed unregistered handgun in NYC. That is what he plead guilty to; that is why he is going to jail. TECHNICALLY, the security guard at the nightclub who picked up the gun after Plax shot himself is also guilty of violating this law; so is Antonio Pierce who took the gun from the security guard and then took it back to Burress' home in NJ. The grand jury chose not to indict Pierce so the argument that Burress only got charged because he was a "celeb" doesn't hold a lot of water because Pierce is a comparable "celeb". I don't believe the security guard was ever brought to the grand jury for consideration. __________________ The Sports Curmudgeon www.sportscurmudgeon.com But don't get me wrong, I love sports...