Burress gets two years

[Henry]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-burress-weaponscharges&prov=ap&type=lgns

Pretty harsh if you ask me.

 

[Chris]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-burress-weaponscharges&prov=ap&type=lgns

Pretty harsh if you ask me.

NEW YORK (AP)—Facing the prospect of spending at least 3 1/2 years behind bars, one-time Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress(notes) on Thursday accepted a plea bargain with a two-year prison sentence for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.

Dear Yahoo,

Burress is not going to jail for accidentally shooting himself. He's going to jail for illegally possessing a firearm.

 

[Boone]

I think the law is pretty tough. I don't think there was any reasonable chance he wasn't going to get the 2 year sentence. Bottom line, no matter who you are, if you're going to walk around with a gun on your person, you'd better know the damn law.

 

[Sarge]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-burress-weaponscharges&prov=ap&type=lgns

Pretty harsh if you ask me.

New York has very strict gun laws. He should have gotten five years on top of that for being stupid.

At least this might make other athletes and celebrities that think they are above the law think before they break the law

 

[JM]

At the risk of showing you all what a total nerd I am...every time I see this Burress thing mentioned on TV, and I see his face, I am reminded of the Star Trek Next Generation episode where they meet the Pakleds....the guys who say "We are not smart." It just goes through my head...each and every time.