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Now that Plaxico Burress has been formally indicted for gun possession, will Second Amendment fans come to his defense?

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Bloomberg news piece and this official press release from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, today former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted "on charges of possession of a loaded pistol and reckless endangerment in connection with an incident in which he shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub."  Here are more sentencing details from the Bloomberg report: After shooting himself, Burress was initially charged with two counts of possession of an unlicensed handgun. His trial was delayed until Sept. 23 when Morgenthau decided to present the evidence to the grand jury.  Morgenthau told the New York Post on July 27 that Burress agreed to serve a year in jail and that prosecutors insisted on two...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).