Cleveland Browns defensive end Robaire Smith is the latest athlete to run into trouble because of guns. Smith was charged on Thursday for having a loaded Belgian gun in his carry-on luggage at an airport in Flint, Michigan, back in November. Yeah, because everyone just walks around with a gun in their carry-on bag at an airport.
What I want to know is why do you need to carry a gun with you on a trip? And not just that, but why is it in your carry on? I would think that Smith knows better than to be so careless or even associate with a gun. I mean he’s had plenty of examples to look at. If you just want to stick to the NFL, there’s Plaxico Burress, Marvin Harrison, Michael Vick and even his teammate Shaun Rodgers. And that’s just the NFL.
Could someone please tell me what the appeal of carrying around a firearm is? Does it make you more manly? Maybe the people caught with them just all fear zombies are going to attack humanity at any second and they just want to be ready? Whatever the reason is, these guys continue to make the same mistakes over and over again to the point where I’m quite frankly tired of hearing it. The leagues need to take more effective action on these incidents, maybe just ban their players from possessing guns altogether. Seriously guys, knock it off. It’s a bad time for sports when incidents like these are commonplace.
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Cleveland Browns defensive end Robaire Smith faces charges for trying to take a loaded gun on plane at Flint’s Bishop Airport [The Flint Journal]
