Every team that picked a receiver in the 2008 draft is hoping to find the next Marvin Harrison.

But not in this way. 

Rookie receiver James Hardy, a second-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills, allegedly pulled a gun on his father on Sunday.

Hardy’s name has been removed from a police report regarding the incident, but other evidence pointed to Hardy pointing the gun at his father.  Fort Wayne, Indiana police chief Rusty York confirmed that Hardy was the guy who allegedly pointed the gun.

But York said that the matter isn’t being pursued, because Hardy’s father wasn’t injured.

Um, guys?  Anyone who has a gun pulled and pointed at him or her isn’t injured unless the trigger is pulled.  But that doesn’t make it, you know, not a crime for the person to pull and point the gun.

This is another example of the biggest flaw in the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.  If a player engages in bad personal conduct in a jurisdiction that isn’t inclined to arrest and prosecute him for it, then the player will likely escape scrutiny from Commissioner Roger Goodell.  In contrast, if another player does the same thing in a town where the cops decide to push the thing, then the player also will face a greater chance at discipline from the league office.

Of course, the league could still decide to perform its own investigation and mete out discipline.  However, we’re not aware of any situations in which the league has investigated a player for violating the Personal Conduct Policy, absent the pursuit of criminal charges.