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NBA star Arenas might discover that jokes with guns can lead to jail time

By Douglas A. Berman

This new piece from the Los Angeles Times provides the latest news concerning the holiday brush with the law for NBA star Gilbert Arenas: Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas says he took unloaded guns from his locker in a "misguided effort to play a joke" on a teammate.  Arenas released a written statement Monday after meeting with law enforcement officials.  Arenas' lawyer says the player voluntarily met with prosecutors and detectives and answered every question during a two-hour interview. In his statement, Arenas repeated his assertion that he brought four guns to the Verizon Center to store in his locker in order to get them out of his house and away from his children.  He said he mistakenly believed that recent changes in District of Columbia law made it legal for him to store unloaded guns there...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).