The 09ers

Don't get me wrong folks, Plaxico Burress is a first class idiot. Although, I'm starting to question who the bigger idiot is. Plaxico may have harmed the lives of many, including his own by not following some of the most basic safety rules, and I'm not talking about the safety dance. But even more concerning, is the current dialogue that the media has presented us with this case. Let me give you a quote from AP article on the federal raid of Plaxico's home.

A small cache of weapons and ammunition and the pants and sneakers that Plaxico Burress wore when he accidentally shot himself last month have been seized from the home of the New York Giants receiver, police said Wednesday.

Since when is two guns considered a cache?  Why is this surprising? Why does the media consistently use derogatory words such as "cache" to describe any ownership of weapons? Even more alarming, why has no one questioned federal authorities raiding Plaxico's home?  Has the process of obtaining a search warrant become as easy as saying "Oh, judge, hes black, and shot himself with a handgun. He's obviously got more shit we can nail him on."

As I listen to people talk about this case, It scares me to realize that no one really cares about about the power that federal authorities are granted for "probable cause."  Put your own delusional fear of guns  aside for just a moment and start asking yourself if you are ok with such vague and obscure evidence as enough reason for federal agents to enter your home with guns drawn.

If you are OK with our current system then you should have no problem with the following scenario. One afternoon you take out  your "Assault Vehicle"  for a spin and as you speed, you lose control and smash into a tree. You obviously broke the law. You obviously are an idiot. Because you are an idiot, and you committed a crime in the past, you are obviously committing more crimes and your house's front door should be smashed in by authorities as your child screams in terror as the protector of the people ransack your belongings.

Why was this article's focus on the weapons cache, and not about the affadavit given to the judge to obtain the search warrant? The article didn't even tell us the crime his house was involved with!