“I appreciated the opportunity to meet with law enforcement officials today. As the person who caused this trouble in the first place, I thought it was my duty to be the first witness to come forward and meet with the prosecutors and detectives. I told my attorney I wanted to get in for an interview as soon as we could arrange it, and that was today.
I told the detectives and prosecutors the whole story about my storing the unloaded guns at the Verizon Center and what I was intending to do when I took them out of my locker on December 21st.
As I have said before, I had kept the four unloaded handguns in my house in Virginia, but then moved them over to my locker at the Verizon Center to keep them away from my young kids. I brought them without any ammunition into the District of Columbia, mistakenly believing that the recent change in the DC gun laws allowed a person to store unloaded guns in the District.
On Monday, December 21st, I took the unloaded guns out in a misguided effort to play a joke on a teammate. Contrary to some press accounts, I never threatened or assaulted anyone with the guns and never pointed them at anyone.
Joke or not, I now recognize that what I did was a mistake and was wrong. I should not have brought the guns to DC in the first place, and I now realize that there’s no such thing as joking around when it comes to guns even if unloaded.
I am very sorry for the effect that my serious lapse in judgment has had on my team, my teammates, the National Basketball Association and its fans. I want to apologize to everybody for letting them down with my conduct, and I promise to do better in the future.
I also want to thank the detectives and prosecutors on the case for the professionalism and courtesy they showed me during the interview today. I stand ready to continue to give my full cooperation to them and to the League as they investigate this incident.”
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5 responses so far ↓
marc williams // Jan 8, 2010 at 2:08 pm
everyone makes mistakes, gil. you seem like a bright, articulate individual who made one. you’ll learn from it and do better. hopefully, the nba will take note of your contrition in the matter and reinstate you sooner rather than later. do consider, though, that even though guns are legal in your native virginia, the devastation they have wrought and can potentially cause (i’m sure that’s why you removed them from your home). Best of luck to you. i’ll be looking forward to seeing you back on the court.
scott petterson // Jan 14, 2010 at 7:56 pm
gilbert you have got to be the dumbest mother fucker i’v seen in a long time you rank right up there with kobe,tiger,and all the other stupid mutha fuckers that make a shit load of money and don’t know how to act like you have some fuck’n sense. you need to stick that big ass head of yours up your ass your’e going to need to protect it while your’e in jail fuck’n dumb ass
karen // Jan 15, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I am sorry that this has happen to the you. I hope that you realize your mistake and the Judge do not use you as super star to give the maximum sentence. I hope and pray that you will be able to continue your career.
rick // Jan 15, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Anyone who reads Gil’s blog knows his sense of humor. Jesus, let the man be free and play the game while he’s still got it. He did nothing (much) wrong. Don’t be so freaking uptight.
Andre // Jan 23, 2010 at 10:49 am
Gil made a serious mistake, but i bet if the league checked everyone’s locker they would find more players with guns than they could imagine. He is gonna be the example and i am sad to seee it, i have been a fan since arizona days. Good luck to u Gil u ra gonna need it. Just get it together and come back better than ever. Make fools of all of them and i hope they keep u , so we can raise that trophy in a few years, still and Agent Zero believer. I bet if it was King James it would b taken lighter because he is David Sterns boy!
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