Packin’ Pistols Plaxico!
AUDIO By Gotty™ on December 3, 2008 at 11:04 am
By now, you’ve been more than debriefed in the last incident in the neverending saga that his Plaxico Burress’ 2008 season. All the bonehead behaviors, the comparisons to Chedda Bob, his agent Drew Rosenhaus giving a less than convincing rationalization & Bloomberg wanting Plax to do a spell in the bing.
In Plaxico’s defense, I did not pass judgment as I am a firm believer in the value of a properly holstered firearm with me at all times, whether I be at Applebee’s or the club. Don’t get me wrong though, because I’m also an even more firm believer in the proper usage & handling of those same firearms.
Maybe though, we should factor in this overlooked tidbit: One week prior, Plaxico’s teammate & fellow receiver, Steve Smith, had the blicker pointed to his head & was robbed …by the motherfucker who drove him home.
Smith arrived home in the morning hours on November 25, and was ordered to give up his jewelry and cash by the driver of a chauffeured car who drove him to his Clifton, N.J., home, according to the newspaper.
The assailant, who reportedly pointed a gun toward Smith’s head, left the scene and an uninjured Smith called police.
Kind of like with T.I.’s whole mini-arsenal thing, you never know the paranoia, pressure & threats these cats face.
But Plax, as one .40 Cal totter to another, I swear by Uncle Mike’s. Get you some.
Giants’ Steve Smith Robbed At Gunpoint [Sporting News]
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how u bring a burner in da club neways dey kno someone in dere rite
I think he had a glock, which has the trigger safety…I’m still trying to figure out how the fuck he shot himself…
I have a concealed permit and thanks to some reciprocal agreements, I’m allowed to carry in 30+ states….my choice is the Sprinfield XD .40 subcompact. Never leave home without it always loaded and ready….
isn’t this just another reason to restrict the possession of hand guns in the united states? or at least start universal health care to protect the stupid?
…oh and that jake one single is ill
I’m just not feeling how the media has put a racial spin on it, like only African American atheletes feel the need to carry guns. Dude made a dumb decision & should be punished, but for Bloomberg to personally speak out against him, I don’t know. It seems like the City would like to prove a point, rather than hand out a fair decision that takes into account all the circumstances. I mean, he shot himself. You’d think he shot into a crowded club, or tried to bribe his chaueffer into taking the gun charge with a pricey diamond ring. Should he have been in the Latin Quarter with a Glock (wearing sweatpants for that matter)? No. But should his life & career be ruined because of it?
Fucking lucky American bastards!!! I wish Canada would enact some laws that allow legal gun posession, instead of resorting to obtaining them illegally from your country. What burner did Plaxico get a self-inflicted wound from??? I guess he had it “tucked-in-the-waist-hood-style”!!! With so many holster options these days how could one blast themself??? Ahh well, with all the recent iphone robberies up here I need a banger. Anyone willing to send me a Heckler & Koch USP tactical .40 cal compact???
And oh yeah…
“Get Fucked Up!”
That Iconz album had joints.
Never have “stray shots” been more relative. lol
He was on my fantasy team. Stress on “was.”
isn’t it the job of role models or public figures to set the right example? doesn’t that responsibility come with signing a contract for millions of dollars to catch a FOOTBALL? i do agree that the penalty feels harsh, and that his career and life should not be ruined for this such crime, but exactly how do you discipline a media darling who earns millions of dollars a year and feels above the law? obviously something happened. the fluke that had never happened before, did. not only did he bring his GUN to a club, but it ACCIDENTALLY went off. so basically he’s not just dumb for carrying the machine, but he couldn’t even put the safety on? his punishment in this situation is the message that should be passed to the masses. “in this society we will recognize the idiots for their stupid behavior and penalize them! no longer will you be rewarded for idiocracy!”…in fact this was why obama was elected. change the way people think and you can change their actions. do not let it be acceptable to carry a gun in a club, for millionaries or joe the plumber.
…and for that matter keep the guns out of canada too…
Question 1…where in the hell is the Player’s Assoc?
Question 2…Why wasn’t an independent Dr. used?
Question 3…Doesn’t the reporter w/the glasses behind
him look like Phil Jack?
Hamstring injury, not playing on Sunday, keep ya ass in the house.
You can’t say that by someone having a gun it takes them out of consideration for being a role model. Obviously Plaxico has been out of the role model role for quite some time, but to say he shouldn’t be able to have a gun is crazy. We just remembered Sean Taylor last week who was shot in his house. Plax’s own teammate was robbed at gunpoint by someone who he was paying to do a service. Athletes are targets, like Gotty said, they just need to make right decisions.
Plaxico can’t make right decisions, but you can’t say he didn’t have any justified reason to have a gun in the first place.
And oh yeah…
“Get Fucked Up!”
That Iconz album had joints
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that song was the shit back in 2000, but I don’t recall no Iconz album.
@ Forest Ill: I’d love to see how quickly your opinion would change once Ski Mask Joe, not Joe the Plumber, points a 9mm in your face and demands your hard-earned money. Keep the guns out of Canada? No, keep the sissy-ass-anti-gun protesters out of Canada.
but he couldn’t even put the safety on?
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^ like buddy said, no safeties on Glocks or many double-action semiautos (to my knowledge). The safety is the trigger pull.
“in this society we will recognize the idiots for their stupid behavior and penalize them! no longer will you be rewarded for idiocracy!”
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But in our society, do we punish people for carrying (and discharging) a firearm, which is a constitutional right? Or do we punish those who might rob someone like a Plax or Steve Smith?
That’s the problem. We’re scrutinizing Plaxico for carrying a gun…when little stink has been made over the fact that his teammate was robbed. Not only was he robbed, he was robbed by someone hired to drive him home.
Now let’s assume he was drunk & decided not to drive. Commendable choices all around, right? Yeah, let’s assume that.
But after all those seemingly fine choices, he got robbed…and it barely made a buzz.
Dunno yo
I’m sorry but I’ve shot plenty of Glock pistols without the traditional safety mechanism, and I can say I can not understand how this gun could ‘accidently’ go off. I dont think you could discharge the firearm without putting a reasonable amount of pressure to the trigger, and you have to pull harder than a normal firearm for that pistol to discharge.
All in all this guy is an idiot to not be holstered, running around with an unregistered firearm. I dont know about NYC but in MA we have very tight gun laws but you can get a LTC especially if you have a good reason like say “being so rich its dangerous not to carry.”
And i dont give a fuck what any of you say. If I have personal property worth stealing, and a house to protect and I can carry a firearm, your damn right I’m going to be holding something…
He had a permit to carry in Fla. He should of gotten the paper-work on point to carry in the Rotten.
you’re all telling me that this athlete who earns millions of dollars a year can’t afford to pay a trusted security detail to watch him at a club? really? couldn’t pay an off duty officer? (where i live that costs about 50 an hour.) it’s not like this guy is doing anything wrong…he’s not dealing drugs or killing people…in fact he should be one of the last people arrested for lifestyle choices, he earns millions to stay on the right side of the law and catch footballs.
what he does in the privacy of his own home is his business, he can own a t.i. arsenal if he wants, because as long as he doesn’t bring it with him, he’s not shooting anyone. if said shooting occurs in his house on his property that’s one thing, but in public is entirely different.
here’s my disconnect – “But in our society, do we punish people for carrying (and discharging) a firearm, which is a constitutional right?” – where i live, this right does not exist, and i’m pretty sure i live in a country that is decidedly more safe than the united states of america, so at what point should the rules change in order to protect society? especially if those such rules were written 200+ years ago, and reflect the needs of a society that no longer exists.
and to be clear, if you put a gun in my face and ask for the money on me, you can have it…i keep my dough in the bank…anything in my pocket i’m prepared to lose, spend or give away…
you’re all telling me that this athlete who earns millions of dollars a year can’t afford to pay a trusted security detail to watch him at a club?
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a. See TI lol
b. Do you not see his teammate hired a chauffeur to take him home…and that SOB robbed his ass lol?
Both of those tell me that you don’t trust anyone.
And yeah, he had to have his finger on the trigger to get that first pull off. He was fuckin up w/o a doubt.
“Damn… Bloomberg’s fuckin’ up!” (C) Dave Chappelle
This is one of those cases where you get the biggest one of your homies… put them through some bodyguard courses… maybe some martial arts shit… and pay them to be you bodyguard/ chauffeur.
Plaxico’s an idiot…
But Bloomberg is a dickhead and an asshole for pursuing this matter unrelentlessly as if there aren’t more pressing issues
^ Agreed.
Plax is an even bigger target off the field than he is on. Besides athletes and other celebrities, who else has their income plastered on the TV, Internet and newspapers. Does it make a difference that he had a $35 million contract as opposed to Leroy who works at McDonald’s? Not to most, but it does matter to the potential threat(s).
And as noted, numerous other ballers and celebrities have been robbed and shot. Think about main man in Jacksonville whose career is now done. What about main man in Denver who’s no longer here.
I think it’s easy to say, “get a body guard.” But how many people can trust their life with some random person that is doing it for the money? That takes a whole lot of trust and background checks.
At the same time, PLax should have asked Shyne is a gun in an NYC club was a good look.
@ MPG100: That’s what I’m talking about!!!
@ Forest Ill: Sorry my dude, I ain’t giving up SHIT!!! You rob me, you die or leave with a permanent scar for life. I’ve never heard of anyone “prepared” to lose money or personal belongings.
My question is why you want to lock this man up for 3 and a half years for shooting himself? Did Diddy really do a number that the mayor wants to make an example outta Plex? If he had intent to harm someone or was going out to confront someone then I would have to agree with charging him. But he is protecting himself so he is treated like a criminal? I don’t get it. It is not safe for high profile athletes, celebs or what have you (ex. Steve Smith, Javon Walker, Sean Taylor) To me it just sounds like the Mayor is still bitter over Diddy and that is not fair for him. It’s like when a high profile person of color gets off or aquitted, the next high profile case that comes, the case is blown up, all over the media and they want to seek the maximum? Justice or Just-Us?
Maybe though, we should factor in this overlooked tidbit: One week prior, Plaxico’s teammate & fellow receiver, Steve Smith, had the blicker pointed to his head & was robbed …by the motherfucker who drove him home.
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True…. so what’s this dude do the very next week?
Forsake the plastic, and head into the city where the wolves dwell with 2 pockets full of NFL cash (WHY???)
Forsake the conservative look, and wear your big dog jewels…..
If you THAT shook, sit yo’ ass down til you get ‘unshook’……
If he was getting jacked on the way to the STADIUM, where he earns his paper, then fine, glock it up, my dude….
but this is nigga shit…..SIT YO’ ASS DOWN somewhere…..
He HAD 35 million reasons to.
smh @ the “personal security” suggestion…are you going to have them attached to you 24-7? 50/hr x 24 x 365 = 438,000
your telling me you think its reasonable to make someone pay 438,000 a hear to basically be attached to the hip, and even then what if that bodyguard or security person is injured in an ambush, etc.
You know the saying ‘if you want something done right than do it yourself’ well the way I look at it is that I’m sure alot of athletes have alot of security, but much more relaxing to the a personal state of security would to have security AND carry a firearm, but like i said you cant ALWAYS have security…
Wide receivers hate safeties.
btw that doesnt mean this dude is a FUCKING MORON
if your going to carry a firearm, even illegally you should still have it holstered, and should have taken a basic safety class on how to handle a firearm.
lmao @ o e d
@OED…consider that Safety Joke officialy jacked lol
everyone, if you can, check the latest issue of ESPN magazine. they interview mad NFL folks (clinton portis, fred taylor, security, etc.) about protecting themselves since a year has passed since Sean Taylor has passed.
it’s a good read and so appropriate given the Plax story.
FUCK A HOLSTER niggaa
^nah joe. Holsters make carrying 10x easier.
i love how everybody overlooks the fact that dude shot himself. I mean, doe anybody care that the bullet went into HIM? This ain’t Pacman or Marvin Harrison where somebody else got shot. This ain’t Jamal Tinsely playing OK Corral from behind Rolls Royces… This ain’t even
Dude shot himself.
Can the brother get an “ouch” or “ya aiight, playa?”
Secondly, this case should be thrown out and i’ll you why:
The Mayor of NYC came out—before PB even got arrested—and said “he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Lemme repeat that:
The mayor of the city he works and lives in went on national TV and demanded that a then-uncharged civilian be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The mayor has never done that before and he’ll never do that again which makes this beyond biased as hell.
That’s some OJ-Vegas -ish where hotheads is looking to make a point instead of looking for justice. Bloomberg might as well have said, “That rich nigga look suspect to me. I ain’t sure of what, but whatever it was he did it.”
And on a related note:
Funny how the NRA is nowhere to be found when athletes and guns come up. Where athletes are shooting or getting shot at, the guns-for-all NRA don’t care. but let this had been some white dude carrying…
LOL @ the saftey joke!
And good point above about the silence of the NRA.
Why is Phil Jackson interviewing Plex?
What a dumbass.
A. If you have a permit in FL, you don’t have reciprocity in NYC, which has its own separate laws concerning carrying.
B. Not having a holster is idiotic. Its uncomfortable as hell having one without a holster and it opens you up to have a negligent discharge.
C. The NRA has nothing to do with this because the man broke the law. Plain and simple. Its his own damn fault. Man makes all gun owners look like morons.
BTW Gotty, uncle mike’s is nice, but milt sparks is where its at. Custom leather just rides better man.
@ Canseco
That IS the point….
Thankfully he shot himself, and not me, you, or somebody who went up inside that club to have a good time….ala Jason Williams
I mean, thankfully he didn’t kill himself, but after that???
thank you Burrito. I guess you’re the expert here.
Tho can you explain to me why the NRA chooses to insinuate itself into virtually every high profile case where the gun-owners are white? (Such as Texas Joe who shot two men for breaking into his neighbor’s house despite being warned by the police dispatch not to take arms against two men who weren’t even aware of his presence?)
as for the holsters, call me idiotic then because holsters are limiting depending on your size, reach and the caliber of gun you’re carrying. some holsters only fit on certain areas (ie hip) which defeats the purposed of concealing if everyone can see it.
^ and sports fans, I AM aware J Will shot dude at his place with the shotty….jus’sayin…
“Wide receivers hate safeties.”
^ LOL @ OED, classic, I ain’t payin’ you royalties for that joke though, haha
^ My lawyers will be contacting you Misfit Teefus
Plax, Vick…damn, y’all 757 / Seven Cities muhfuggas can’t get shit right, can you? lol
*shuts off phone to avoid calls from OED’s attorneys*
Canseco, I’m not any expert, just giving an opinion.
The NRA is an interest group, and like it or not they’re going to pick and choose cases in which their support would look favorable. Hey, I’m not an NRA member, I think they make gun owners look bad, but as an interest group they have to look out for their interests and membership, who for the vast majority is white. That’s just being real and I understand what you’re getting at and wholly agree.
As for holsters, I was always taught in classes that a holster is not only a carrying system, but another safety mechanism. I just think carrying without one could lead to an accidental discharge. Who knows, If Plaxico was carrying with a holster all he had to do was just pull the holster out and we wouldn’t be talking about this silliness. Still, he must have been drunk as shit because the pull on a stock .40 is pretty stout.
Burrito, i guess it’s to each his own on the holster tip. holsters can aide safety but they can also impede access. I don’t know about you, but it’s easier for me to draw out of a waistban than out of a holster i’ve gotta reposition in such a way that no one knows i’m packing in the first place.
Again, Plax shooting himself is stupid, but he did shoot himself–my guess is simply having the saftety off and sitting his big lanky ass down, the trigget probably caught a belt loop or tugged on some fabric and pop.
Folks is acting like it’s Shyne waving a gun a firing blind in a crowd.
As for the NRA, they just bug the crap out of me because they do randomly pick cases to insinuate themselves into. And 9/10 if the guy with teh gun is white, law or no law there’s an NRA rep on every network talking about gun-owner rights.
I’ve been around enough pro ballers in my day to know that a lot of these dudes are targets and security guards are just one line of defense in their life.
Imagine having to call your boy with the heater to come scoop you up just cuz you wanna go have a drink or run to the store for some milk. That’s how a lot of these cats live.
And then when something goes wrong, “well the rich nigga shoulda stayed his black ass at home.”
Y’all best believe that if Don Imus Donald Trump or Bloomberg or the owner of the Giants got caught with a gun everybody’d be on some, “well, he’s an important figure and wants to protect themselves…”
The nigga had the gun in the band of his sweatpants. SWEATPANTS?!? Who the eff wears sweatpants to the club?!
And then when something goes wrong, “well the rich nigga shoulda stayed his black ass at home”
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That’s the sentiment that pisses me off.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3711336
A good article from ESPN, regarding NFL players’ personal safety.
Amp,
I used to work a lot of clubs doing promotion. I’ve learned/re-learned 2 things:
1) When you’re famous you can where whatever the hell you want and still get in anywhere. I mean anywhere.
2) Pro ballers can’t dress for crap. they really can’t. I never met one ball player not in my football or street ball days that could dress worth a lick.
All our style was 90% theory–we didn’t have the money to cop the stuff we thought we’d look good in and experiment. Secondly it was secondary. Civilians (non-ballplaying brothas) have to dress good; we/they don’t. It’s optional.
Everyone can’t dress like David Garrard. But you best believe, if David Garrard had gone #1 like Eli Manning and treated like that his whole life, instead of some low-level pick nobody’d ever heard of, he’d be hittin’ clubs in Zubas and Gordon Gartelle tops…
And he’d still walk out the spot with your girl and your man’s wife in tow.
^ LOL!
Pro ballers can’t dress for crap. they really can’t. I never met one ball player not in my football or street ball days that could dress worth a lick.
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VERY TRUE. Damn, I hate to hate on one of my Gators, but here’s an example of the above: http://lh5.ggpht.com/leavethemanalone/RoSiHDKQBII/AAAAAAAAAhk/UeuA3KWnMfg/s400/noah_627_070628.jpg
^ Noah! That’s a hilarious pic because his old man was smooth.
But folks is fickle tho… long as I was ballin’ my jerseys and sweatsuit game was considered tight. Everybody was lovin’ my boots and leathers… Once i stopped ballin’ and running with ballers the exact same outfits became bootleg booty.
I remember days walking into clubs in terry-cloth Nike sweats and everybody thought we was hot. Next thing I know, “BC? I remember you! C’mon playa you know you gotta step the threadgame up to be here. Aiight, but next time…”
i’d be thinking “negro you was askin’ to borrow my ish last year, now i’m gettin’ in on pity and past rep?”
so anyway, Plax in sweats don’t surprise me.
I have personally hired security when going to awards shows/dinners/parties, etc.
The problem is that most athletes and entertainers RARELY hire qualified security. They give their boy (who is 6′5″ and usually out of shape) from the hood some cash to be there if something goes down.
They make sure he is legally able to carry a gun, but he usually has no true security background – so bad things always happen.
I go through a company.
MMA background is a must…
And so is being intelligent.
You do not always have to pull a gun.
BTW – no one EVER knows I have security attached to me. They remain close enough to handle a situation should any knuckleheads try and take what is mine (or be stupid), yet far enough away that I do not feel as if they are kickin’ it with me.
Carrying a gun is not for me. Too many things can go wrong.
Case in point – say Plax did have someone try to rob him at that club.
Now he is facing a murder charge without a permit to carry in N.Y.
He should thank God that he shot himself in the leg and not someone else.
Bought one of those paddle holsters for my last trip to Iraq. Necessary for any fobbits.
Doesn’t anybody see the irony of a wide receiver, a guy that gets paid $35 Milli because of his hands dropping the gun. LMAO
^ I hope he’s better w/ the soap……
“Ohhhhhhhh!” © Dice Clay
@ Canseco…when carrying concealed it’s important to 1st have the right gun. Most manufacturers make guns specifically for concealed carry.
You can also get In Waist Band (IWB) holsters so concealment is easy. Some IWBs even allow you to wear a shirt tucked in…
@ OED…hilarious!
Doug – Shirt tucked in & a holster? Links to examples?
I’ve got a shitload of holsters but none does the job in that arena.