[quote]SpankMeElmo wrote:
SkyzykS wrote:
He had to make conscious effort and follow through with a number of actions to carry that gun into a nightclub.
He worked hard to get that sentence and deserves every second of it.
stallworth had to make the conscious decision to booze up right before he got behind that wheel. does that make him any less of a felon?
someone shot himself in the leg and had to go to prison for it. thats insult to injury. someone else killed an old man and got a slap on the wrist. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the beauty of the american justice system.[/quote]
Stallworth didn’t intend on killing a guy that night. He didn’t have malicious intent in drinking and driving – just a major lapse in judgment. He settled out of court, which in my opinion is the “beauty of the american justice system”. Let’s not forget he lost his license FOREVER and I think he’s on 2 years house arrest?
Why would you bring a loaded weapon into a night club? I’m sure Burress was drinking that night too. Which is worse: drinking and driving or drinking and carrying around a loaded firearm in a crowded nightclub?
[quote]JGerman wrote:
It doesn’t add up. Stallworth killed a man and did a few days.
He carries a gun it slides down his pant leg, accidently goes off an he gets shot. I figure the punishment he gave himself should come into play. That said, who takes a gun into a night club?
Burress and Pac Man’s boys I guess…they just the ones who got caught. [/quote]
That’s apples and oranges bro. Plex carried a gun into NYC which has a law that states NO ONE that is not a COP can carry a gun in the city plus you have to have a permit to carry in NY, NJ, CT so if Plex was in any of the states and had no permit he should get arrested. Then he was so dumb that it was in his waste belt not in a holster or anything else. After it was all done he played up the dummy and said first it was not me then after everyone found out he said I didn’t know I needed a permit to carry so I hope that his new BF tells him that he don’t need a permit to ride the train.
Stallworth even thou he killed someone admited it admited to drinking and smoking. He stayed on the sceen and waited for the cops had a lawyer ready to give the family of the man he killed anything they wanted. Plus he never fought what was going to happen to him he said he would except what ever happened.
So on one hand you have someone that did the same as a lot of drinkers but he manned up and took the hit on the jaw.
On the other hand you have a punk that thought he was living the Thug life and used every play in the book to try to get out of what his punishment was going to be I think when they led him out of court I saw a few tears out of his eyes and it made me happy as hell.
I’m glad he is in jail for 2 years. Here in Georgia we’ve worked hard as hell to pass laws just for us to carry into places that are absurd. All this guy does it make a case for the Brady Campaign.
It wasn’t registered, he carried a gun in NYC, with an Alabama permit (I believe it was an Alabama permit) then was fucking around with a gun in a crowded club and if you ask me, it was the best thing he shot himself.
These kinda tools make it hard for normal people to protect themselves and easy for people that want stronger laws against carrying a gun.
[quote]SpankMeElmo wrote:
SkyzykS wrote:
He had to make conscious effort and follow through with a number of actions to carry that gun into a nightclub.
He worked hard to get that sentence and deserves every second of it.
stallworth had to make the conscious decision to booze up right before he got behind that wheel. does that make him any less of a felon?
someone shot himself in the leg and had to go to prison for it. thats insult to injury. someone else killed an old man and got a slap on the wrist. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the beauty of the american justice system.[/quote]
How did you learn to type without knowing how to read?
I’m not making the comparison of one crime to another, nor is there the implication that Stalworth is less of a felon.
To say that Burress shooting himself in the leg and going to prison for it is not insult to injury, it is the penalty you receive for for exposing yourself as a criminal by doing something stupid coupled with something illegal.
That aside, how does one person doing something worse make someone else doing something that is also wrong, less wrong?
So Burress didn’t kill anybody. Is killing someone the new benchmark for wrong? Like, if you do something less than kill someone, you shouldn’t be prosecuted?
You might as well start comparing to Hitler. Manson wasn’t that bad. He only killed a couple of people. It’s not like he committed genocide.
NFL players go through situations normal people don’t go though. For example, going to a club and having a former athlete challenge you because you made it to the NFL and he didn’t. Imagine this happening to you every time you go to a club and you’re always outnumbered.
Some players have even been attacked at their homes(Dunta Robinson and Sean Taylor(RIP) for example)
Plaxico may be a first time offender. To sentence him to a minimum of two years is harsh.
Instead of 2 years of prison, he could spend a few months in jail, do community service, and PSA announcements that relate to gun laws.
NFL players go through situations normal people don’t go though. For example, going to a club and having a former athlete challenge you because you made it to the NFL and he didn’t. Imagine this happening to you every time you go to a club and you’re always outnumbered.[/quote]
Easy solution: then don’t go to clubs. Or buy the place out so only chicks and people you know are allowed in. I agree they go through situations that others don’t, but it’s not hard to avoid. If a player decides that going out is worth then risk, then that’s on him. I don’t feel sorry for Plaxico at all.
This is different. If someone is entering your home, then fuck everything else. Kill or be killed.
NFL players go through situations normal people don’t go though. For example, going to a club and having a former athlete challenge you because you made it to the NFL and he didn’t. Imagine this happening to you every time you go to a club and you’re always outnumbered.
Some players have even been attacked at their homes(Dunta Robinson and Sean Taylor(RIP) for example)
Plaxico may be a first time offender. To sentence him to a minimum of two years is harsh.
Instead of 2 years of prison, he could spend a few months in jail, do community service, and PSA announcements that relate to gun laws.
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Well lets see that Football player is a big man so why can’t he handle himself if someone comes and talks trash?
And if he is getting paid so much how bout getting a bodyguard or something for times you want to go out on the town.
I am a gun owner and I think people should be able to own them but you need to know how to use it and if your going to carry it don’t try to be a thug and put it in your waste band of your pants where either is going to fall out or someone will just grab it from you.
The other thing that bothers me is the club checked him they knew the law had other customers in the bar that night and they let Plax walk right in with a gun.
And the 2 years in prisons is getting attacked by everyone in NY for anyone that is not some half ass football player they get 3 years for carrying in NYC how does Plex only get 2?