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Latest story of sports stars and guns creates great con law issue spotter

By Douglas A. Berman

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Regular readers know that I am giddy when I can "work" while reading the sports pages or listening to sports talk radio. Thus, whether the issues involve famous athletes getting seemingly lenient sentences for drunk driving (see Donte Stallworth) or seemingly harsh sentences for the poor exercise of Second Amendment rights (see Plaxico Burress), the intersection of sports and crime always gets me going. And the latest sports story making the police blotter has me thinking that constitutional law professors should be excited about the latest news coming from DC. This New York Times piece, headlined "Wizards Gun Inquiry Focuses on Dispute," provides some key details: The National Basketball Association and law enforcement officials are investigating the circumstances in which Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas carried unloaded firearms into the team?s locker room, and whether he presented any guns during an argument with his teammate Javaris Crittenton...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 02, 2010 (boomark / email).