Guns in Locker Room "Sign of Immaturity"

Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas is accused of drawing a gun on a teammate last month.

Arenas will face questions from law enforcement officials as the investigation goes forward into the alleged gunplay inside the team's locker room.

CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports Arenas faces possible criminal charges and National Basketball Association penalties.

Arenas said, "I have to deal with the police investigation, DA, that's what I have to deal with."

According to reports, the gun play stemmed from a card game on a Dec. 19 team flight. Arenas is said to have wound up owing teammate Javaris Crittenton $60,000. Two days later, the players reportedly had a heated argument in the Wizards locker room. At one point, they allegedly aimed guns at each other.

Arenas denies gambling, but admits he stored unloaded guns in the locker room, which is against NBA policy.

"That's bad judgment on my part, storing them here, and I take responsibility for that," Arenas said.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., along with local police, are now investigating.

Chief Cathy Lanier, of the Metropolitan Police Department, said, "Whether it be a VIP, a police officer, or anybody else, we treat them all the same. So,you have my word that the Metropolitan Police Department is going to handle it just like any other case."

One of Arena's former teammates says he was known for collecting guns.

Jerry Stackhouse, a former NBA player who is a Sirius Satellite Radio host, said, "You know, you would say, 'He's probably a person who shouldn't have a gun.' And the fact that he brought it into the locker room, I mean it's just so many different bad scenarios that could have happen from that."

Kenny Smith, a former NBA player and now an NBA analyst for TNT Sports, said on "The Early Show" Monday, "I think it's bad discretion, and it shows just probably a lack of maturity on Gilbert's part, more than anything else. I think he has an idea of about how he said it. The reason he had it there was to take it away from the home, but it's bad judgment and being very immature."

Another concern some have addressed is that certain players might want to carry a gun. Is this an issue about image or is it about safety?

Smith said it's an issue of both.

"You look at a lot of NBA players, if you look at them first, I think they're wealthy young men who are really one degree of separation from their friends, their family members who aren't wealthy," Smith said. "So they still will be in areas around the country that aren't your safest neighborhoods. So their mindset is, 'OK, I'll protect myself or I'll hire security to protect myself,' but I think this is just a case of being immature and not realizing the consequences of what could happen with a gun in the arena."

Smith added,"I don't think Gilbert Arenas is a menacing person at all. I know him, I've met him. But this is just a sign of immaturity."

Meanwhile, Javaris Crittenton, who also faces gun charges, has reportedly hired a lawyer.