This is Messed Up
If you didn’t hear, Lil Wayne started serving a one year prison term today for being near a gun. That’s not hyperbole, either. It seems he really did nothing wrong except be in the vicinity of a legally registered gun (that wasn’t even registered to him!) New York is one messed up state. I mean, most states are messed up, so I don’t mean to single out New York from a general standpoint, but in this case they’re enforcing a very stupid law that is causing one of the best artists alive (and one of my personal favorites) to be locked away for a year.
You might think because of his image that Lil Wayne is some type of violent offender who probably deserved this anyway, but it seems that couldn’t be further from the truth. His only arrests in addition to this gun “possession” were a couple of drug possession charges. Basically this guy has no record in terms of violent offenses and is going away for a year for standing near a gun that wasn’t even his! Wow! Thanks New York!
Keep in mind this is the same state that sent New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress to prison for two years for possessing a gun in a nightclub. Granted, it’s hard to feel as bad for Plax as you might for Lil Wayne since he was stupid enough to let the gun go off, but it shows that Lil Wayne’s case is not the only example of highly unreasonable gun laws affecting people in New York. One year in prison for possession (even though it wasn’t really possession!) with no intent to use is ridiculous. This should have been a fine or at worst a month in jail.
I’ll end this post with my favorite Lil Wayne tune as of late. I just picked up this full album on iTunes as a show of support. It’s a rock album called Rebirth that’s worth checking out if you’ve always avoided Lil Wayne’s music on account of the fact that it’s hip-hop.
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