No Lesson Learned: The NFL Gun Culture Won't End with Plaxico Burress

NFL players are rattled right now.  They play a sport that celebrates the air of invincibility and the indiscriminate use of violence to accomplish one's goals. Yet, outside the workplace, they have come face-to-face with the evidence that the appearance of being bulletproof does not make them invincible, and they're realizing that they must protect themselves. The deaths of Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, Redskins safety Sean Taylor, and former Titans quarterback Steve McNair in violent gunshot attacks have players very conscious of their own mortality.  This says nothing of the beating of Raiders receiver Javon Walker and the paralysis of Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier.  Players are now aware that their careers, if not their lives, can be gone in an instant. It's that very awareness that prompted Burress to take a loaded weapon with him to the Latin Quarter nightclub on November 28, 2008.  Nine months later, Burress has pleaded guilty...