The Final Score

Just logged in to check email and do some odds and ends when I came upon this story and this story. Oh, my goodness gracious.

After reading that his injuries are not life-threatening, I did what any sane person would do. See if I can find out whether Burress has a license for a gun. Alas, my searches went nowhere because only a few states make gun permit information public.

Which makes no sense. Our driver licenses, driver records, car registrations, plane registrations, boat registrations, etc., are all public information. But apparently if you have a permit for a gun in states such as New York, Texas, Michigan, etc. it's not public information. Someone explain that inconsistency to me, please.

Check out this Boston Globe story on athletes and guns.