Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Plaxico Burress admits now that the whole idea of carrying a gun into a nightclub that night in November of 2008 is pretty silly, in hindsight.

“When I look back at it, I say if I was to get into a situation where I had to use my firearm, would I actually pull it and use it — return fire, or shoot? Just the thought of that just gives you goosebumps to think about it,” the Jets wide receiver said tonight at the annual Brady Center Gala in New York. “It was a false sense of security, because I can’t picture myself actually pulling the trigger and shooting somebody.”

Of course, the only person Burress ended up shooting was himself, and that got him sent to prison for 20 months for carrying an unlicensed firearm in New York City. Now Burress says that incident not only changed his own life, but those of his wife and children, which is why he has committed to be a spokesman for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the largest, most well-known anti-gun organization in the country.

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