Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter is defending Plaxico Burress for carrying an unlicensed gun into a nightclub and shooting himself.

“Plaxico is like a brother to me. I take it real personal how he’s being treated,” Porter said.

“Everybody has their mistakes, but that’s exactly what they are … Until you’ve been in that situation, when you’ve been robbed at gunpoint or you’ve had a gun waved in your face or had your house broken into before or been carjacked, you really don’t know what it’s like.”

Porter kept talking (as usual) and said there’s nothing wrong with carrying a gun.

“For a person to carry a gun, I mean, you’re not carrying a gun to show that ‘I’m tough.’ It’s safety, it’s nothing but safety,” Porter said.

Okay Porter, you’ve convinced me. It’s absolutely fine to carry an unlicensed loaded gun, with the safety off, into a nightclub where it could possibly go off and kill an innocent person, or in Plaxico’s case, yourself.

Yep, that sound safe. Why doesn’t everybody carry a gun around?