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Why Plaxico carried a gun

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05:50 AM ET 12.01 | Plaxico Burress armed himself because he was afraid that the flashy bling he wore would get him held up, he told employees at the Latin Quarter nightclub. The weapon fired into Burress' leg as he fumbled for it after it fell down his pant leg. The bullet tore through his already injured right thigh. Burress initially refused to let his pals call 911 after the shooting, but relented two hours later, and went with his wife, Tiffany, and a friend to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell at 2a.m., sources said. He was released hours later. Teammate Antonio Pierce, 30, who was with Burress, initially stashed the gun for his pal, police sources said, but it is believed he later gave it to Burress' wife. Cops drove to Burress' Totowa, N.J., mansion Sunday night to get the piece, a source said.

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