Cogent post today from Jerry McDonald, NFL writer for the Oakland Tribune. McDonald comments on the sad case of former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair, an apparent murder victim last weekend:
McDonald: "Back in 2003, when Steve McNair was being booked for DUI, police found a 9 mm handgun under the seat of his car.
"(Charges were later dismissed by a judge who ruled police didn’t have sufficient reason to pull over McNair).
"While I understand the rationale of celebrities wanting to carry protection, when was the last time you read about a star athlete fending off an attacker with his firearm? I don’t know who owned the gun that killed McNair, but the whole culture of athletes and firearms makes for almost exclusively sad endings."
One might extend that to celebrities of many varieties. Phil Spector, anyone?
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