Man whose gun discharged at swim lesson faces misdemeanor

[Straw Man]

37. Equal justice.

Lucky for him he wasn't black... Where is equal justice?

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New York (CNN) -- Former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 20 months on a weapons charge stemming from a shooting incident (accidental discharge) at a nightclub.

The former New York Giants player accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol he was carrying in his waistband. The incident occurred in November 2008, in the VIP area of the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan.

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Plaxico shot himself in the leg - that should be punishment enough, right? Nope. 20 months in prison.

The 20-month sentence that Plaxico Burress received was the result of a plea bargain for illegal possession of a handgun in New York City, possibly the most restrictive jurisdiction in the nation when it comes to firearms. The minimum is supposed to be 3 1/2 years. The incident wasn't even reported to police at first; in fact, the hospital colluded by not reporting the gunshot wound as they are required to do by law. When word of the incident leaked out, Burress was arrested and prosecuted at the insistence of Mayor Michael "Stop-and-Frisk" Bloomberg, the champion of gun controllers everywhere and bankroller of "Everytown for Gun Safety."

That's justice for you.