Athletes carrying guns today is becoming a huge issue. Recently Flexico Burress an NFL player with the New York Giants shot himself in the leg, with his own gun. He was at a night club carrying an un-registered handgun while hanging out with a teammate. He then claimed that the gun accidentally fired, hitting him on the leg. There is no question that athletes are high profiled people, who make lots of money. More and more athletes today are being targeted, robbed, and sometimes killed. So it’s no surprise that we have been hearing a lot of Athletes carrying guns for protection. There have been numerous stories of athletes who have been involved in violent activities, especially in recent years. Richard Collier of the Jacksonville Jaguars was shot after exiting a club this year, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Then their was Darrent Williams of the Denver Broncos who was also murdered when he was leaving a night club in 2006. I Personally think it’s the environment that they put themselves in, that gets them in trouble. The one common theme in all three incident was the night club. They were all in a place, where you are likely to get targeted by criminals. Your asking for trouble if you’re a famous millionaire athlete hanging out in night club. I doubt these guys will stop going to clubs, so this is not the last athlete shooting we will hear about in the next few months.
Kevin Horton
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I think the real problem is society today. The fact that athletes make millions of dollars and become household names for playing a game while brain surgeons' salaries dont even compare and nobody knows who they are.
-Jaime Genzel
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