NFL - Will Plaxico Burress be convicted of a felony for shooting himself?

Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh and spent the night in the hospital, another dramatic turn in a tumultuous season in which the star New York Giants receiver has been fined and suspended.
The Giants said the shooting happened Friday night and he was released from the hospital early Saturday.

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Gridiron gunslinger Plaxico Burress could get flagged with a felony for allegedly toting a loaded gun into a club Friday night.

Records show the Giants' star receiver does not have a permit to carry a weapon in the city, meaning that he had no legal right to do so in the LQ Club in Manhattan, where he allegedly shot himself in the leg.

Burress did have a concealed-weapon permit issued to him in Florida, where he has a home, but records show it expired in May.

And even if it was still valid, New York does not recognize out-of-state permits.

"New York has the most restrictive pistol-licensing system in the United States," said Thomas King, president of the New York Rifle and Pistol Association. "It recognizes absolutely no out-of-state permits. An out-of-stater never has the authority to carry [here]."

Criminal possession of a loaded weapon is a felony in New York.

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In 2006, Governor Pataki signed a gun law which made possession of a loaded concealed weapon a mandatory 3 1/2 year sentence.

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Suspend time set for the end of June. If he is convicted of multiple charges, then the greater charge would settle (felony plus other charges would settle as felony). Also, a plea would settle based on the charge (for example, a plea to a charge less than a felony would settle as lesser charge rather than other).