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Goodell wants players to avoid unsafe situations
Yahoo Sports ^ | 12/9/08 | Jenna Fryer

Posted on 12/09/2008 4:27:58 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)—NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has a simple mantra when it comes to players feeling the need to carry a gun: Avoid those situations.

“The real issue to me, is when the players feel they’re unsafe, they shouldn’t be there,” Goodell said. “So get out, don’t be there. If you feel the need to have a firearm to be someplace, you’re in the wrong place.”

Burress was injured in the early morning hours of Nov. 29 when a .40-caliber Glock he was carrying in his waistband slipped down his leg, and as he grabbed at it, he accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself in the thigh.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: firearms; goodell; nfl; plaxico
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"If you feel the need to have a firearm to be someplace, you’re in the wrong place."

Gee, you think?

1 posted on 12/09/2008 4:27:58 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Upstate NY Guy

Well, then they might not be able to visit a lot of friends and relatives


2 posted on 12/09/2008 4:31:41 AM PST by Krankor (Vitajex, what ya doin' to me)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

We really have experienced the death of Common Sense.


3 posted on 12/09/2008 4:39:56 AM PST by youturn (I'm learning to draw a fish. I suggest you do too.)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

when a .40-caliber Glock he was carrying in his waistband slipped down his leg, and as he grabbed at it, he accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself in the thigh.

If you’re going to carry a Glock loose in your pants you might not want to keep a round in the pipe. Or keep your finger off the trigger.


4 posted on 12/09/2008 4:41:58 AM PST by Recon Dad (Marsoc Dad)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

Mr. Goodell is a moron.


5 posted on 12/09/2008 4:43:28 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Recon Dad

Oh, and Plexiglass Burris, or whatecer his name is, is also a moron.


6 posted on 12/09/2008 4:44:39 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

Not really.


7 posted on 12/09/2008 4:45:11 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

This s**thead seems to not know that ‘unsafe things’ can find you also.


8 posted on 12/09/2008 4:46:43 AM PST by realdifferent1 (We've tried the soap box, jury box and ballot box. Only one box left.)
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To: Upstate NY Guy
“The real issue to me, is when the players feel they’re unsafe, they shouldn’t be there,” Goodell said. “So get out, don’t be there. If you feel the need to have a firearm to be someplace, you’re in the wrong place.”

This is not necessarily true. Many CCW permit holders would vehemently disagree. If an NFL player wants to carry, no problem w/me, just do it legally (of course in a state like New York it's harder than most places to get a CCW permit)...but if you take the course, get the permit, be certified on the use of the gun you're using, then maybe you won't shoot yourself in the leg.

9 posted on 12/09/2008 4:46:57 AM PST by Dawn531
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To: Dawn531

I have to agree with Goodell. He didn´t say not to carry a gun, he said stay out of situations where you think your safety depends on having a gun with you.


10 posted on 12/09/2008 4:51:36 AM PST by villagerjoel (1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual!)
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To: villagerjoel
No more dancing with guns!
11 posted on 12/09/2008 4:59:50 AM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: youturn
"We really have experienced the death of Common Sense."

Agreed. You really can't fault Goodell for stating the obvious because a lot of these guys just don't get it.

Aside from the safety concerns, it seems to me if I knew my entire life's income would be received in a 3 1/2 year period I would not want to rock the boat.

"The average length of an NFL career is about 3 and a half seasons. Although there are some exceptional players who have long careers that extend 10 or twelve seasons and beyond, most players only stay active for about three seasons. Players leave the game because of injury, self-induced retirement, or being cut by the team. This also means that while players may make more money than most people, they are only making it for an average of three and a half years"

Source for above:
http://www.nflplayers.com/user/template.aspx?fmid=181&lmid=349&pid=0&type=l#a3

12 posted on 12/09/2008 5:01:40 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: villagerjoel

He said “If you feel the need to have a firearm in someplace, you’re in the wrong place.” Many CCW permit holders carry their fireamrs at all times, does that mean they are constantly going to wrong places, of course not.


13 posted on 12/09/2008 5:03:22 AM PST by Dawn531
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To: villagerjoel

Well, you can’t ALWAYS do that.


14 posted on 12/09/2008 5:09:09 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

The Three Stupids Rule:

Don’t
Go to stupid places
With stupid people
Do stupid things

If you follow the Three Stupids Rule, you’re a lot less likely to get killed, or have to kill someone else.


15 posted on 12/09/2008 5:09:55 AM PST by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

That’s not how I interpreted the comment.


16 posted on 12/09/2008 5:11:25 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: real saxophonist

Though I follow the Three Stupids Rule, I still carry a gun. Everywhere I go. Legally.


17 posted on 12/09/2008 5:11:28 AM PST by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: Dawn531
"He said “If you feel the need to have a firearm in someplace, you’re in the wrong place.” Many CCW permit holders carry their fireamrs at all times, does that mean they are constantly going to wrong places, of course not."

Agreed. But in many cases this is a matter or choice not need. I have a CCW but I do not feel the need to carry everyplace I go. It is the places they choose to go to that point out a lack of common sense.

18 posted on 12/09/2008 5:13:25 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Dawn531

I don´t mean to get into semantice, but I think his idea was that they´re going to places where they know they will need a firearm to be safe, as opposed to CCW permit holders who are carrying a firearm because they feel safer with it. And he didn´t say they shouldn´t have firearms, just that they need to think about why they´re going to places.


19 posted on 12/09/2008 5:21:33 AM PST by villagerjoel (1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual!)
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To: Upstate NY Guy
Virginia Tech.
Columbine.
Mumbai.

All citizens who feel capable, should be armed.

20 posted on 12/09/2008 5:31:20 AM PST by Leisler ("Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever. " Lenin)
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