Sean Taylor and unintended consequences

In the wake of the terrible tragedy of the murder of Sean Taylor, there will be some interesting consequences of the event. It is very sad to see any 24 year old killed. Taylor was a physical freak of nature with unlimited potential as a professional football player but that is not nearly as important as a young father killed inside his home by an intruder. The actual circumstances may never be known but it appears to be a home invasion robbery. Here are a few predictions:

1) There will be much speculation about his past run ins with authority. Some will raise the "where there is smoke, there is fire" speculation. Others will say that such discussion is racist because Taylor was black. If he was killed by a robber, both sides are morons.

2) There will be a spike in gun sales. Despite this being a solitary incident in Miami, there will be an elevation of the paranoia level across the US and people will purport to protect themselves with weapons. I just hope people are smart enough to buy the correct weapon, a shotgun. Since police who regularly train with weapons only hit 40% of what the fire at, a sleepy non-trained person in a dark room at three AM needs something that doesn't require accuracy. You can fire a shotgun around the corner and almost hit everything in the room.

3) The NFL will honor Taylor this week, then completely forget him by next year. In professional sports, if it doesn't make money, they aren't interested.

4) Some idiot sports fanatic somewhere is wondering how many weeks getting killed will keep him from playing and whether he should be dropped from his Fantasy Football picks.