Man Holds Woman Hostage With Light Gun

[John Funk]

Man Holds Woman Hostage With Light Gun

A man in Brazil successfully held a 60-year-old woman hostage for ten hours, threatening her with a deadly Sega Light Phaser.

Looking to collect on a debt, a man in Brazil's Federal District broke into the house of a 60-year-old woman, brandishing the most intimidating-looking weapon he could think of: The Light Phaser, the gun that accompanied Sega's Master System console. Considering that Brazil was one of Sega's biggest markets for the Genesis' predecessor, it's no small surprise that the man was able to acquire one.

Of course, given that Brazil was one of Sega's biggest markets for the Genesis' predecessor, it is surprising that none of the policemen involved in the 10-hour standoff recognized the damn thing: "Hey Paulo, didn't we have one of things when we were kids? How's he threatening her with it? It's not even plugged into the console!"

Perhaps even more surprising is the fact that once the man surrendered to police and released his hostage unharmed, he revealed he also had a pair of genuinely deadly knives. Why he didn't use them before is anyone's guess, though I guess a sharp blade isn't anywhere nearly as intimidating as black plastic.

(Kotaku [http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1013075-5598,00-POLICIA+DIVULGA+IMAGENS+DE+RENDICAO+DE+SEQUESTRADOR+NO+DISTRITO+FEDERAL.html])


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[Lvl 64 Klutz]

I'm trying really hard not to laugh. What an asshole, what a hilarious, hilarious asshole.

 

[MaxFan]

I'm trying really hard not to laugh. What an asshole, what a hilarious, hilarious asshole.

I'm completely failing, myself. This is funny in the most screwed up way.

 

[GyroCaptain]

Hence why the seemingly retarded regs exist in the US that gun-shaped things have to have identifiers on them. Of course, speaking as someone who spraypainted a water pistol black...

 

[orangebandguy]

someone's been playing too much time crisis...

 

[Vohn_exel]

If it were plugged in he could've threatened her with the warning that her eyesight could've possibly been damaged if he were aiming just right!

 

[rossatdi]

That's nothing I once robbed a bank with one of these:

And I got a small African nation to surrender to me when I pulled this sucker:

 

[PumpItUp]

It's funny that he thought it was a good idea, but what's even funnier is that it worked! What were the police doing, playing Sonic?

 

[Danny Ocean]

OOh, you think the US regs are bad?!

Hence why the seemingly retarded regs exist in the US that gun-shaped things have to have identifiers on them. Of course, speaking as someone who spraypainted a water pistol black...

Come over to the UK! You need to be over 18 to get an airsoft gun at all, and a registered member of UKARA to get one that isn't 50% some random colour.

Of course, we all know that criminals will obey these laws over toy guns to the letter. -.-

 

[dalek sec]

*Facepalm* Lord what a moron that guy is.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Maybe they were waiting for the announcer to shout "ACTION!"

 

[reaper_2k9]

I'm wondering if due to the current economic turmoil if he couldn't afford a real gun?

 

[Shadow Law]

I bet a couple kids near there walked by and saw what was happening and tried telling the police that wasn't a real gun but thought it would be funny as hell to see the whole thing play out.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

*Facepalm* Lord what a moron that guy is.

Ten

Hours


The guy's a genius!

 

[rossatdi]

SHOOT OUTSIDE THE SCREEN TO RELOAD!!!

 

[angel34]

Stage 2: Escape from custody pronto with a Logitech Driving Force EX Steering Wheel

 

[Andy Chalk]

I must be such a stick in the mud. I just can't see the funny here. The guy's got some stones, sure, and that's amusing, but in the intensity of an attack and a hostage situation that's the kind of thing that can be easily overlooked. And even if someone says, yo, I think that's a Sega light gun, you can't act on that information unless you're 100 percent sure that's what it is.

 

[rossatdi]

I must be such a stick in the mud. I just can't see the funny here. The guy's got some stones, sure, and that's amusing, but in the intensity of an attack and a hostage situation that's the kind of thing that can be easily overlooked. And even if someone says, yo, I think that's a Sega light gun, you can't act on that information unless you're 100 percent sure that's what it is.

"Psst. Commander."
"What is it Jose?"
"I think that's a toy gun?"
"How can you tell?"
"I can see the power lead sticking out the bottom. Pepe, our sniper, says he can see it's still plugged in."
"GET HIM!"