With his hands cuffed firmly behind his back, Plaxico Burress just left a NYC police precinct after turning himself in on a felony weapons charge. He'll be arraigned sometime this afternoon, we're told.
As he was placed in handcuffs, sources say Plax "looked really, really down ... shellshocked."
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1. NO MORE of this @zzhole, TMZ!!! We don't need hourly updates on this loooooser!
Posted at 1:36PM on Dec 1st 2008 by aaarrrrrggghhh!!!!
2. One little problem: Didn't the Supreme Court recently reaffirm the Second Amendment? Burress is licensed to carry in Florida, and under the Commerce clause, that license should be good in NYC, regardless of whether Mike Bloomberg likes it or not and regardless of what NYC law says. This might end up as an important test case, Burress being a complete jerk nonwithstanding.
Posted at 1:36PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Jen
3. What exactly is he pleading "Not Guilty" to? Shooting himself? Carrying a concealed weapon? Since it is SOOOOOO obvious he is guilty, he'll be found not guilty...can you say O.J.??
Posted at 1:39PM on Dec 1st 2008 by jimswinder
4. aaarrrrrggghhh!!!! must be a Pats fan. If you dont like it, dont read it you moron
Posted at 1:48PM on Dec 1st 2008 by mike ferrante
5. aaarrrrrggghhh!!!! must be a Pats fan. :) Hey moron, if you dont like it..... DONT READ IT!
Posted at 1:48PM on Dec 1st 2008 by mike ferrante
6. mike ferrante...had to post it twice? I think you are the moron. And FYI...I don't follow any football team. So get over yourself.
Posted at 1:52PM on Dec 1st 2008 by aaarrrrrggghhh!!!!
7. Jen # 2, FYI Burress' license to carry in Florida expired last year. That being said NYC has hasd a long term no concealed law on the books for maby years and no other state can supercede that. Each state has or does not have their own concealed carry laws that are recognized by some other states. NY does not recognize the Florida law.
Posted at 1:58PM on Dec 1st 2008 by dikhrtz
8. HES GOING THROUGH A BAD TIME.
NY GIANTS FANS SHOULD STAND BY HIM.
GOOOO GIANTS
Posted at 1:59PM on Dec 1st 2008 by UNREAL
9. MONEY +FAME =TOTAL IDIOT ,,,,,,I LIVE IN PITTSBURGH ,,,HAVE BEEN IN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE HE WAS PRESENT ,,,,,TOTAL IDIOT ,,,,,,,HE THINKS HE IS ABOVE THE LAW .....HE IS NO HINES WARD ,,,TERRELL OWNES OR EVEN A RANDY MOSS ,,,,,,MORE LIKE A GANGSTA WANT TO BE .........IF WE WANTS TO BAD PUT HIM IN RIKERES FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS .........SUPER BOWL HALFTIME ..MICHAEL VICK AND HIS PIT BULL ....PLAXICO AND HIS GUN ......WINNER GOES HOME FREE.....ID WATCH FOR SURE .....JANET JACKSON AS THE REFEREE
Posted at 2:03PM on Dec 1st 2008 by leo
10. I'm a PATS fan and I LOVE reading about other players from other teams getting into trouble....so mike ferrante I don't know why you would make that comment
Posted at 2:05PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Tracy
11. Also commerce clause does not apply here, because regulation of concealed & unregistered firearms is a state function that can be reasonably limited state to state. Florida is not NYC. NYC has a significant interest in protecting its citizens from concealed weapons inside city limits. Do you have any idea how many people are cramed into this city.
Can't have people all over with guns. Besides, this guy could have killed someone.
Jail...period.
Posted at 2:14PM on Dec 1st 2008 by sportsfan
12. You mean, star turns himself in and doesn't get turned loose right away for gracing the authorities with his presence... Only in New York... And the rest of the real world that isn't Los Angeles.
Posted at 2:31PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Certainly not a star
13. TNB? Fame + money + ignorance = punkass wannabe toughguy shooting himself.
Career = OVER!
Posted at 2:32PM on Dec 1st 2008 by SkankTosser
14. "Your honor, just before I didn't shoot myself with the gun I didn't bring, I was telling the doorman about the fines I didn't get for the stunts I didn't pull while not a member of the team I don't belong to for the money they didn't pay me. Not guilty"
Posted at 2:33PM on Dec 1st 2008 by RTS
15. "This guy could of killed someone. Jail...period."
Really? Who is the victim? Whose natural rights did he violate?
He "could of"? Are you suggesting punishing him for a hypothetical crime?
Law is based on violating another individual's rights. Plain and simple.
At most, he violated a contract with a private establishment forbiddening weapons. A city law cannot violate the Constitution, as it is the supreme law of the land. This guy has every right to carry a concealed weapon. If he accidentally shoots someone, that is a crime. But "could of" is NOT a crime in our great Republic.
Think about YOUR NATURAL RIGHTS before you start saying we should lock up everyone because of a possibility not yet realized.
Posted at 2:37PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Adam Weishaupt
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