I see yet another professional athlete has been arrested for felony gun possession charges.
Shaun Rogers, the Cleveland Browns All Pro DT, was recently arrested for possessing a .45 caliber handgun. (More to come)
I can somewhat (barely) understand that professional athletes and celebrities are often hounded by fans and the media, and can be possible targets of some unsavory people due to their fame and money.
It is also true that many pro athletes and celebrities carry concealed handguns and I'm sure some have vaild permits to carry. Most of them though I would venture to say don't have valid permits to carry.
It seems to me that pro athletes and celebrities feel they "have the right to carry a hangun and that their fame/money justifies carrying a handgun. If you are in that much danger then go through the proper channels and get a permit to carry. Sure you can't carry outside the state it is issued in, and most celebs travel a lot, but at least it would look a hell of a lot better if you are caught with a gun.
The other thing is why does it always seem like the people getting caught with guns, drugs, dui, etc.., are always the stars or well known people. It's the likes of Arenas, Burress, etc., etc., etc.. You never hear of Felton Huggins (Bill's 5th string receiver) on the news for any of this shit. I don't know of Felton ever doing anything wrong but if he did I bet you wouldn't hear of it.
It's like the incident comes over the news wire... "NFL player charged with carrying a handgun at a movie cinema. Ooh Ooh! Who was it? Felton Huggins. Who? Felton Huggins. Who the hell is that? Oh forget about it."
Now back to Shaun Rogers.
I can see Arenas bringing guns into the locker room. I'm sure he thought he wouldn't get caught. I can see Burress bringing a gun into a club. I'm sure he thought he wouldn't get caught.
Shaun Rogers tried to bring his loaded handgun onto a airplane in his carry on bag. Is this guy just plain stupid? He is black so maybe that's why? (Just kidding Frank).
Yes... There are cases of individuals sneaking bad things onto airplanes. But it's usually hard to detect items like underwear or shoes made of C4 or Tiger Wood's mistresses. Kind of hard to detect with a x-ray machine and/or metal detector.
Does this dope really thing a gun in a bag, going thru a x-ray machine, wouldn't get detected?
I guess not because I can think of no other reason why someone would try such a thing.
Ooops! How did that get in there?
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I'm gonna put myself out there with the risk of being called racist, but here goes....
ReplyDeleteThe idea of carrying a concealed handgun certainly seems to be a cultural thing. Specifically, an african-American thing. Maybe there has been (but I can't recall right now) a white, asian, ethiopian, etc... pro athlete/celebrity arrested for a handgun, but I can only recall black ones getting trouble for this. Plaxico Burress and Gilbert Arenas are just the most recent before now Shaun Rogers. It's a "Gangsta Rapper/Thug Lifestyle" thing. It's promoted in all Rap videos and most rap songs....It's "cool".
I don't know if they feel as though they've earned the right, but how stupid must you be in this day and age to think you're gonna be able to sneak a loaded handgun on a commercial flight?
Mass...u tied the 2 together real well!
ReplyDeleteThe best part of that movie was Samuel L. Jackson's line..."I'm tired of these God-&#@! snakes on this God-&%$# plane!