Arizona’s Delashaun Dean Preaches The Dangers Of Firearms At Breakfast

The case of Arizona receiver Delashaun Dean, arrested in mid-June for “misconduct involving a weapon,” has certainly borne out the high entertainment potential of that nebulous charge, as it turns out local law enforcement types don’t take kindly to mixing deadly weapons with delicious pancakes:

Early in the morning on June 19th Dean was among a group that went to eat at I-HOP on North Oracle Road. Soon after he arrived, police were called when someone reported that Dean was flashing a gun.
When officers arrived Dean was frisked and nothing was found but later two guns, one of which was his were found under his car.
Dean claims he never flashed the gun and that he placed it under his car because he didn’t have the keys to unlock it.
Two scenarios here: Either Dean brought the gun out in the presence of restaurant patrons, concealed it beneath the car, then continued with his meal, or placed the gun underneath his car, with another gun (what, so it wouldn’t be lonely?) (because he didn’t have his own car keys?) before entering the restaurant. I can’t decide which paints him in a worse light, but Dean is already casting himself as an object lesson for other athletes:

“I just want to tell everybody that does have a firearm you might want to get rid of it fast before you end up like me.”
By “like me,” he clearly means “slumming it in Division II”. Rather than serve an indefinite suspension at Arizona, Dean will transfer to Texas A&M-Kingsville (Go Javelinas!) to finish out his eligibility.