Since the story first broke, this clown-ass has shown no understanding of how obscenely stupid he really is. He continues to joke about the incident as if it was no big deal. Even as late as list night, he pantomimed "shooting" his teammates before their game in Philadelphia and they "playfully" went along with the act by falling back. That's just too funny guys. Apparently, these ignoramuses are not aware that in Washington, D.C. the murder rate with firearms is tops in the country, almost topping the rate for the next two states combined.
If the union supports Arenas by fighting his suspension, Stern should just say to them: "Listen, he gets suspended a minimum of one year, pending charges by local and federal authorities. If they throw his ass in jail--as they should--we won't have to worry about this clown. If you want to fight us on this, you go right ahead and support this guy and his actions, that' fine with me. We'll just make it banned for life. Good luck with your decision". This is no longer "conduct detrimental to the league" this has elevated to "conduct detrimental to society". Arenas is just criminally ignorant.
Apparently, because Mr. Arenas is such a gifted comedian as well as basketball player, he doesn't know the history of the franchise or why the team changed their name from the Bullets to the Wizards.
Maybe some jail time will provide him with the opportunity to read up on local history. Further, he should look into the standing and history of the D.C. area and gun violence and the effect that guns have in gang violence, the drug trade as well as "normal" violent criminal acts. Here's some of the highlights.
From Statemaster.com
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 (most recent) by state
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-death-rate-per-100-000
Rank State Amount
1.....District of Columbia:.....31.2
2.....Alaska:...................20
3.....Louisiana:................19.5
4.....Wyoming:..................18.8
5.....Arizona:..................18
Go ahead clown, laugh now. Because maybe you also didn't know that according to the group Women against Gun Violence, here is how guns affect youth in this country.
As the group says on their front page 8 kids a day is too many. That would be how many kids are lost every day due to gun violence. And that ain't no joke Mr. Arenas.
Gun violence is a daily occurrence in the United States. Firearms are responsible for over 28,000 deaths in America a year, approximately 2,500 are black youths. Gun violence affects nearly 50% of the children in America, either as victims or witnesses. More people in communities across the country are feeling less safe as gun ownership increases. The details of these statistics and others are available below, grouped in the following categories:
http://www.wagv.org/gun-violence.php#gy
Guns and Youth
In the US approximately 2,500 black youth (aged 15-24) die annually from gun homicide, 950 Hispanic youths and 600 white youth/for gun suicides, its about 1,600 white youths annually, 300 black youths and 200 Hispanic youths. (Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health. "Racial Disparities and Firearm Deaths Among Youth.")
Between 20 percent and 50 percent of children in the United States are touched by violence, either as victims or, even more commonly, as witnesses. (RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security, "Helping Children Cope with Violence: A School-based Program That Works". Research Highlights, 2005.)
For every child killed by a gun, four are injured. (Annest JL, Mercy JA, Gibson DR, Ryan GW. National estimates of nonfatal firearm-related injuries. Journal of the American Medical Association 1995;273(22): 1749-1754.)
Children as young as 3 to 4 years are able to pull the trigger of most handguns. (Naureckas SM, Galanter C, Naureckas ET, Donovan M, Christoffel KK. "Children's and women's ability to fire handguns". Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1995; 149; 1318-1322.)
Among youth ages 15-24, firearms rank as the leading cause of death for blacks and the second leading cause of death for whites and Hispanic youth. (Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health. "Racial Disparities and Firearm Deaths Among Youth.")
A black youth in the U.S is 18 times more likely than a white youth to die in a firearm homicide. However, white youth are more likely than Black (or Hispanic) youth to commit suicide with a firearm. (Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health. "Racial Disparities and Firearm Deaths Among Youth.")
Of American high school students in 2001, 17% had carried a weapon including guns, knives or clubs in the 30 days before the survey- a 33 % decrease from 1991. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Online http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/YRBSS)
In the 2004 Boston Youth Survey, 41% of the 9th through 12th graders surveyed reported that it would be either very or fairly easy to get a gun. (Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health. "Racial Disparities and Firearm Deaths Among Youth.")
The average number of school-associated violent events with multiple victims has increased from one event per school year in 1992 to five events in 1998. (Kaufman P, Chen X, Choy SP, et al. Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2000. U.S. Departments of Education and Justice. NCES 2001-017/NCJ-184176. Washington, D.C.: 2000. Available at: CDC Safe USA website: http://www.cdc.gov/safeusa/youthviolencw.htm.)
1,079,301 high school students across America take a weapon to school at least once every 30 days. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2005.)
So keep laughing Mr. Arenas, but just about everyone else is not getting the joke, with the possible exception of some of some of your dumb-ass teammates, who also should be a given a pink slip, either by the league or the team.
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