Sometimes, you’re better off leaving the sweatpants at home and wearing a tailored pair of slacks to the night club. The ex-Giants wide receiver discovered this in 2008 when the gun tucked in his waistband slipped, and he accidentally fired a round into his right thigh. While the bullet did not hit any major arteries and Burress was released from New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center with only minor injuries, the off-the-field implications sidelined him for much longer. Burress did not have a license to carry a concealed weapon in New York and the resulting criminal proceedings landed him behind bars for nearly two years.
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