Raekwon Davis allegedly Plaxico'd himself

[1bigdawg]

Did he have a permit for the gun. Plaxico got railroaded, but no permit could mean real trouble.

[louisvilledawg]

Did he have a permit for the gun. Plaxico got railroaded, but no permit could mean real trouble.

Think that was a state issue, not a federal issue though. Could be wrong. I've been wrong, once.

[bostondawg]

Think that was a state issue, not a federal issue though. Could be wrong. I've been wrong, once.

I also have been wrong (more than once to boot), but I think that was actually a city law problem, not a state law problem (splitting hairs). NYC basically makes the possession of guns at all (or magazines) illegal. There was an interesting article from Reason a few weeks back on this issue that was interesting--passengers who were simply traveling to NYC without knowledge of the gun laws were getting arrested. I think I saw that one lady got arrested for just the possession of a magazine in her purse, no gun at all. I think the general state laws are much more relaxed.

If there's any issue here with Davis, I don't think it's possession. Alabama allows open carry, but requires a permit for concealed carry. If you shoot yourself, but no one saw how you were carrying, I don't think they would try to ding you for concealed carry. He could maybe get cited for discharging the weapon in public, though.

(again, I'm wrong far more often than I'm right, though)

[TimberBeast]

I've been wrong, once.

My faddah hung me on a hook once. Once.