Sunday, January 21, 2007

"Criminal" Athletes

Phil Mushnick is one of NYC's most conservative sports writers. He abhors the clowning athelete who places self above team, and for the most part calls the spade a spade...

January 21, 2007 -- "IF YOU intend to commit a crime or two, but expect sympathy and support from the media in return, perhaps it's best to first be a member of the Chicago Bears defense.

Last Sunday, after defensive tackle Tank Johnson made a game-saving sack late in regulation, Fox's Joe Buck seemed to marvel at the accomplishment: "It's Tank Johnson, with all he's been through." And then Buck left it at that.

Those unfamiliar with what Johnson has "been through" might have thought someone close to him had died - an aunt, maybe, or his grandmother.

Well, someone close to him had died. Willie Posey, Johnson's friend and bodyguard - Johnson, at 6-3, 300, needs protection - was shot dead in a nightclub. Johnson was with him. Posey was a convicted felon for drugs and armed robbery.

A day earlier, Johnson and Posey had been arrested following a raid on Johnson's house. Police found drugs and an arsenal, including three assault rifles and more than 500 rounds of ammo. Johnson already was on probation for a prior arrest, a weapons charge.

Yep, Tank had been through a lot."

...Except when it comes to the matter of the 2nd Amendment. Instead of focusing upon the illegal gun laws of Illinois, and the fact that in most states what Tank Johnson did would not be considered criminal, Mushnick leaps on the anti bandwagon and declares Johnson to be a felon. Three assault rifles. Were I to be a gun owner I'd have 3 times that many, but would be wise enough to own them in a state that allows me to excercise my RIGHTS. And 500 rounds of ammunition? Well, for each gun and rifle, sure. None of this is illegal except in the liberal blissninny-villes such as Ill-Annoy, and THAT should have been mentioned.

What Tank is truly guilty of is being unwise. How could I possible be a member of the Free-Wayne Web Ring, and NOT stand up for Johnson? And please, Phil, being large means nothing when faced with a firearm. Of course he needed a bodyguard. Ever hear this old line..."God made men but Colonel Colt made them equal."?

Truer words were never spoken. I shade Tank by an inch or two going vertical but am near to 30 pounds under his horizontal, and all this means is knowing about size versus modern weaponry. A Golden BB fells either of us like a tree falling on the safe side of a lumberjack.

This is what we're faced with, what I harp upon. Fellow Conservatives in the media don't give a tinkers dam when it comes to the 2nd Amendment.

Sorry, tank, you were an idiot going to a fun place that required a weapon in order to survive the visit. For that you should be criticized. Your situational awareness meter needs to be kicked up a notch or two, but you had the right to be armed.

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