New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress faces a minimum of 3½ years jail time if convicted of criminal handgun possession stemming from an incident in which he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a New York City nightclub.
Fortunately for the Super Bowl hero, the injury was not serious. Unfortunately, Burress did not have a permit to carry the weapon, and the city of New York has stringent gun control laws. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has advocated prosecuting him to the fullest extent of the law.
