What Wii game requires you to mimic shooting yourself with the wiimote? I tells ya, all these games are suicide simulators!
Child Must Have Thought a Gun Was a Wii Remote, Mother Says
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It doesn't sound like anybody is blaming video games for anything. The mother suggested that mistaking the gun for a Wiimote may have been what caused her to play with it, but I don't see the mother claiming it's Nintendo's fault. Maybe I'm missing something.
On the other hand, why would the mother bother coming up with an excuse for why her daughter was playing with a gun? To cover up something more sinister, perhaps?
On the other hand, why would the mother bother coming up with an excuse for why her daughter was playing with a gun? To cover up something more sinister, perhaps?
Dude, it's Tennessee. As much as I respect my home state, some of those Southern stereotypes have to come come from somewhere.Proteus214 said:
...Pow?Casual Shinji said:
Well, I guess the only one to blame is the parents. It's sad, and I don't have anything to add. R.I.P. little girl I never heard of.
Totally understandable.
I once tried to scramble an egg with a Joystick
Granted I was about 4 at the time
I once tried to scramble an egg with a Joystick
Granted I was about 4 at the time
I'm really interested to know why anyone would think this... What are you so afraid of that you need to own a firearm? Fetishes aside, this is the 21st century, the redcoats won't come matching over the hill any time soon, so is it really worth the thousands of deaths a year? Ach well, gun laws: just another way America is so far behind the rest of the civilised world.Gladion said:
You must be refering to the crap from the Oscars where for some reason when they honored Horror films we had shots of the twits from that god awful movie. If not then it's purely coincidence.ZehGeek said:
OT: I think this is pretty much one of the dumbest things i've ever heard, that little girl never stood a chance in hell. It was like putting a rat into a maze. Except instead of cheese at all the exits all there was were mouse traps. Maybe that doesnt make sense but what im getting at is if she had survived this something else would have happened. If you're dumb enough to leave a loaded gun with the safety off in reach of your child, then you're just as likely to leave liquid plumber and tacks out for her to snack on, thinking it was cookies and milk.
Also im american, my dad owns quite a few guns. He's never let me NEAR the case,(Well when I was little). Not all americans are this friggin' stupid so please dont think were all this horrible..
Poor child.
Obviously she didn't understand what it was at all.
You can try to scapegoat videogames, you can try to scapegoat gun control legislation, but the fact remains: this parent (and/or step parent) left a loaded, unsecured, leathal weapon within access of a young child who then fatally injured theirself with that weapon in the presence of the parent.
That is plain and simple mind-numbingly horrible negligence and irresponsibility on the part of the parent.
Perhaps the child's curiosity was sparked by a possible familiarty with a videogame peripheral. That has absolutely no bearing on the fact that the gun was accessible to the child in the first place.
I've never heard one news report where "Child 'accidentally' killed by legally owned firearm locked and secured out of their access, stored separately from the ammunition."
Obviously she didn't understand what it was at all.
You can try to scapegoat videogames, you can try to scapegoat gun control legislation, but the fact remains: this parent (and/or step parent) left a loaded, unsecured, leathal weapon within access of a young child who then fatally injured theirself with that weapon in the presence of the parent.
That is plain and simple mind-numbingly horrible negligence and irresponsibility on the part of the parent.
Perhaps the child's curiosity was sparked by a possible familiarty with a videogame peripheral. That has absolutely no bearing on the fact that the gun was accessible to the child in the first place.
I've never heard one news report where "Child 'accidentally' killed by legally owned firearm locked and secured out of their access, stored separately from the ammunition."
Can't. The right to bear arms is the 2nd of the first 10 amendments. Those first 10 amendments are part of the Bill of Rights, which can't be changed independently. In order to change the one we would have to call all 10 into review, and that just won't happen. At very least, not enough states would vote pass it. Because I'm too lazy to type it myself, here is a dude from Yahoo! answers who already did that:Playbahnosh said:
Here is where I pulled it from:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080124085548AA6g7Ub
People, we're missing the point here!
A 3-year-old picked up a heavy pistol, pointed it at herself, and pulled the trigger.
It is time to do something about toddlers abusing steroids! She would have to be ripped to hold that gun up at three. How else could she have done it besides using anabolic steroids to artificially pump herself up? Either that or they put some crazy s*** in the milk in Tennessee (possible).
Even more importantly, we have to get the message out to little children that suicide is never the answer! She had so much to life left to live, but couldn't take the pressure of being three any longer. THREE-YEAR-OLDS! WE WANT TO HELP YOU! PLEASE DON'T KILL YOURSELVES, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR!
Oh, and the parent in the room thing is pretty fucked up too, I guess...
A 3-year-old picked up a heavy pistol, pointed it at herself, and pulled the trigger.
It is time to do something about toddlers abusing steroids! She would have to be ripped to hold that gun up at three. How else could she have done it besides using anabolic steroids to artificially pump herself up? Either that or they put some crazy s*** in the milk in Tennessee (possible).
Even more importantly, we have to get the message out to little children that suicide is never the answer! She had so much to life left to live, but couldn't take the pressure of being three any longer. THREE-YEAR-OLDS! WE WANT TO HELP YOU! PLEASE DON'T KILL YOURSELVES, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR!
Oh, and the parent in the room thing is pretty fucked up too, I guess...
In Canada it's pretty easy to get a gun. Seriously, I could get a gun, wait for 2 weeks and have it in my possession. And I have hardly heard any stories like this up here.(I would like to see a few stories for the few people willing to correct)Playbahnosh said:
OT: These parents made a large mistake, and the kid died as a result. Tragic, sorry poor girl but you were used mostly as a slap to your own parents face. Hopefully the parents will take this as a wake-up call and not have this happen to their other offspring.
A thousand times this. If you're going to have weapons in the house, they should be safe. If you're supervising your child, stopping them from playing with guns sholud be a pretty damn high priority. Hell, if you've got a Wii, let the kid play that - not with handguns!Ham_authority95 said:
Well, chalk that up on the list of irresponsible parents blaming video games for things...and reasons people shouldn't own handguns for no good reason.
Problem: many idiots will always acquire weapons whether there are laws against them or not. They are commonly known as petty criminals.Playbahnosh said:
Meanwhile foolhardy weapon restrictions remove the ability of the smarter population to defend themselves in the critical minutes one can be harmed or killed before the police get there.