“The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
–Thomas Jefferson
Plaxico Burress plead guilty to charges that will put him in prison for two years because he failed to ask the state of New York for permission to exercise his 2nd Amendment right.
He took the plea because he was looking at 3 1/2 years if he was convicted by a jury. And he was, in fact, guilty of carrying an unregistered handgun. The problem is that New York has a law with such steep penalties for simply possessing a handgun without permission from the government.
It is outrageous. The State of New York must have plenty of prison space and resources if it can spend them on keeping Burress locked up for two years for this. Good to know New York is in such good financial shape.
(The first paragraph of the ESPN article is incorrect. He is not going to jail for shooting himself. He’s going to jail for carrying an unregistered firearm.)
