Plaxico: I Didn't Know I Shot Myself

Plaxico Burress said in a television interview he didn't realize he'd accidentally shot himself until he saw the blood dripping onto his sneaker.

In an excerpt of an ESPN interview broadcast Monday night, the former New York Giants receiver said the shooting happened about five minutes after he entered the Latin Quarter night club in Manhattan.

"I take two or three steps and like my pants are wet," Burress said in the interview. "I had some Chuck Taylor's (Converse sneakers) and I looked down and the top of my shoe is red."

Burress said he immediately turned to then teammate Antonio Pierce and asked the middle linebacker to take him to the hospital.

"And he was like 'Why?" Burress said. "I said I just think I shot myself, and he was like 'Noooo!"

The full interview will be broadcast Tuesday night.

Burress pleaded guilty last week to a weapons charge stemming from the November incident and accepted a two-year prison term. He is to be sentenced Sept. 22.

He said his .40-caliber Glock fired after he missed a step walking up stairs. The gun began to slide down his pant leg, and Burress said he accidentally pulled the trigger through his pants when he tried to stop the gun from hitting the ground.

"My finger hit, like, right on the trigger," he said. "What are the odds on that happening?"

Burress, who alleged security staff knew he was carrying a gun upon entering the club, said he was wearing black jeans, not sweat pants as previously reported.

When asked why he didn't have a holster, Burress said simply:

"Bad judgment."

[erasmus111]

EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!

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[Dunestrider]

This is why we need loosened gun laws in America. We need more idiots carrying guns into clubs.

[govtguy]

With this level of intelligence, is there any reason why he should be allowed to play football in the future, or any other sport for that matter? Apparently when his lawyers told him to shut up; he mistook that to be the street slang of "Wassup?", so he goes and details what happened, after apparently claiming not guilty at initial arraignment.
What a dork!

[wheresmycountry]

Mmmmmaybe you wouldn't notice a .22 going of, but a .40 would raise hell. Even with the loudest possible Latin music playing around you, that's not a possibility. Bad judgement not having a holster, badder judgement having a bullet chambered and worser judgement having the safety off.

[Questionews]

So his gun was sliding down his pants?
They have these things called holsters & they work pretty well at keeping a gun where it's supposed to be. And from what I've heard they are sold at the same places that guns are sold. Makes you wonder how in the world someone gave him a college degree.

[micheleisfree]

Dear Gawd, what a brain surgeon!

[Hosheen]

Why was he carrying a gun illegally anyway? "Bad judgment."

Why is he telling such lies that insult anyone's intelligence? "Bad judgment."

Why is CBS giving this thug so much coverage? "Bad judgment."

[lloydbest1]

Is he kidding?!!

I have fired .40 caliber weapons and believe me, when they go off you know it at once. Shooting a firearm like that in an enclosed space such as Mr. Burris describes is as good a recipe for ruptured eardrums as any I can think of. And he DIDN'T KNOW he shot himself until later!?

C'mon pull the other one.

[SkirtLifter]

It was loud in the club. Plus his pants and flesh acted as a silencer. He didn't know he shot himself because he is as sharp as a marble.