Child Must Have Thought a Gun Was a Wii Remote, Mother Says

[gungravesan7]

Go Go Parent Poweeer! (all power ranger style)

Can you imagine what was going through that mothers head?
"Ok, what's done is done. Now we have to blame it on something to make money out of it. Tom and Jerry? They shoot each other there and still live no? Ah but that must have been used... I know! A wii controller... pure genius..."

 

[Booze Zombie]

I... this... I don't even...

No, but seriously, that's her excuse?

"She went to her father's room, where he left a loaded gun and used it... uh, fuck, uh... the Wii is to blame! Yeah..."

 

[Normalgamer]

BS, they shot the kid, and blamed it on negligence.

 

[Nicarus]

"Child Must Have Thought a Gun Was a Wii Remote, Mother Says"

Yeah...blame it on games and not the fact the gun was left unsecure and unattended. Really brilliant idea.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

"Child Must Have Thought a Gun Was a Wii Remote, Mother Says"

Yeah...blame it on games and not the fact the gun was left unsecure and unattended. Really brilliant idea.

Parents these days usually blame something else, it's never their fault.

There's just no excuse for this, I hope they get locked away for a while.

 

[JWAN]

Source: Fox News via Destructoid

AHEM.

via Associated Press.
(I know the liberal media discourages it, but helps if you read the article and the source information)

 

[Killian Kalthorne]

This is why we need stricter gun control laws. To keep guns away from the chronically stupid.

 

[JWAN]

How does a parent "failed to notice - or perhaps care - that her child was playing with the weapon"?

Don't be so naive. Do you honestly believe parents can be watching their kids 24/7?

(I don't mean specifically you, this was just the first post I saw when I wanted to point out people being naive.)

I understand that no one can watch their kids 24/7, but when there's a loaded weapon within reach of a 3-year old? I'd understand if the kid fell down the stairs or maybe swung a kitchen knife around, but a loaded gun?

The mom was IN the room

 

[JWAN]

This is why we need stricter gun control laws. To keep guns away from the chronically stupid.

Thats why THEY need stricter gun rules.

 

[JWAN]

BS, they shot the kid, and blamed it on negligence.

Call me dark minded but it sounds like they didn't want a kid anymore

 

[PunchClockVillain]

I hate to admit, but the girl being familiarized with a gun-like object probably had an effect on the outcome of this.

Also, part of me wonders if there will be a lawsuit of this as well. It wouldn't be surprising.

 

[Koeryn]

Here's a question... If she thought it was a wii-mote why would she be pointing it at herself and not the TV?

She realized she was part of a family of Tennessee rednecks and decided the only sane solution was to become an hero?

That or, ya know. Kids put things in their mouths. Kids put EVERYTHING in their mouths.

 

[SMILEYkyle21]

well that certainly brings realism to a whole new level

 

[Slick Samurai]

I'm not too worried about any sort of consequences directly resulting from this. As even Fox wouldn't blame video games for a 3 year old picking up a gun just sitting on the table with the saftey off. No one is that stupid that they can't see this is the parent's fault, not even Fox. Well, except maybe the mother of course.

 

[Big-T]

guns dont kill people...
husbands that come home early do.

hahahahahaha

 

[Brad Shepard]

well fuck... Im waiting for to hear the call of idiots in the distance, you know, besides the fucking mom who was in the room when it happened.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

To me its a terrible accident and the mother is clutching at straws to deal with the idea that it's neglicence that caused the tragedy. Personally I adhere to the Darwin Awards rules, if it's a young child or someone else who wouldn't know any better, then it's not really lolworthy. The lols come from idiots who get nailed into a barrel full of dogshit and broken glass and pushed down a mountain to get on Jackass.

As for 'It's not Fox News', they're still leaping on the story with both hands and publicising it, and I think acting exactly as we all expected.

 

[tsb247]

Well I suppose as a stupid bloody american who has a stupid bloody gun-fetish, that it's improper for me to keep my pistol unloaded in my safe, my ammunition in it's box within my ammo can with a padlock on it, one story above the location of the gun. Nah, it's stupid bloody eurotards who need to learn that real gun owners, the smart sensible ones who research their possessions, practice safe use, and keep them locked away when not at the gun range or hunting; are never the ones you see in these dumb ass stories.

Now onto the thread: Having the gun out in the open like that is child endangerment, and both parents should go to jail. Also they're irresponsible for letting a three year old play a video game that uses the gun accessory anyways. It's just them trying to get something else to babysit their children for them like TV is for most other suburban families(farmer families tend to engage their children in their work.)

You sir, are my new friend for the remainder of the day.

The parent(s) are to blame here. The fact that they left a loaded weapon out in the open where their child could get it is utter stupidity in its purest form.

Every weapon I own is either in a safe or has a lock on the trigger.

The firearm in question should have been secured like this:

and/or stored in one of these:

If the weapon would have been properly secured, this child would still be alive. The parents need to serve jail time - a LOT of it.

 

[hebdomad]

It's no wonder guns are more likely to kill loved ones than attackers with stupid people like that. Basic weapon safety fail!

 

[v3n0mat3]

Are you kidding me? Really? A Wii zapper? How in the hell...? Ok, when I was that kids' age, we had the Nintendo zapper. I knew what that was. It wasn't a gun. I knew the difference between a real gun and a fake one. You're going to tell me that kid had no sense whatsoever? That that Wii zapper was to be mistaken for a real gun? Oh epic fail. Stupid mother on top of that.