A 9-year-old boy shot his older sister to death over a video game controller
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Typical leftist fake news.I'm not sure what moronic leap of logic gives you the insight to determine how responsible my parents could have been with something that they never possessed. You can assume that they were responsible enough as parents not to have guns in the house with kids. I gave away my rifle when I had kids which was basically a no brainer decision. I was living in the country and seldom used it anyway so reducing my chances to zero of the kids obtaining my gun seemed the obvious choice.
Just for responsible parents who like playing the odds with their kids:
I guess it depends on priorities. BTW: The actual count of tots handling guns is estimated much higher since the police are normally involved with tots who didn't miss their target.
Those stats don’t even show the number of crimes those toddlers prevented by shooting those criminals.
The same moronic leap in logic where just because your "family would have definitely been smaller is a gun was this easy to access" an assuming that other families couldn't handle that responsibility.I'm not sure what moronic leap of logic gives you the insight to determine how responsible my parents could have been with something that they never possessed. You can assume that they were responsible enough as parents not to have guns in the house with kids. I gave away my rifle when I had kids which was basically a no brainer decision. I was living in the country and seldom used it anyway so reducing my chances to zero of the kids obtaining my gun seemed the obvious choice.
Just for responsible parents who like playing the odds with their kids:
I guess it depends on priorities. BTW: The actual count of tots handling guns is estimated much higher since the police are normally involved with tots who didn't miss their target.
You brought up your family, don't like it then maybe you shouldn't project your shortcomings onto others. Giving up a gun is your choice. Some parents choose to teach their kids responsibility instead, that's their choice.
Anyone who shoots another person is fucked up psychologically I challenge anyone that disputes that.
Until the US addresses mental health issues, bullying in school, brings in social programs, addresses poverty and brings in universal health care people will keep on dying and killing each other.
Until the US addresses mental health issues, bullying in school, brings in social programs, addresses poverty and brings in universal health care people will keep on dying and killing each other.
What makes you think that these shootings happened in school? In fact, they were too young to be in school, even pre-school.
Absolutely tragic and plenty of blame to go around. You can blame the child, the parents, the videogames, US society, NRA, guns, etc. But there's always many factors and it isn't simple. I think the parents should never have a gun around but if they do (welcome to the US), must be locked up and inaccessible to children. Clearly this wasn't.
Videogames. Plenty of people think games are real. Some also don't understand the consequences of shooting a real person versus a videogame character.
I don't think this has anything to do with society, NRA, or guns themselves. Kid's too young.
If the kid wanted a controller and there wasn't a gun, I'm sure he would have gotten it in some other way, possibly violent and leading to the same result. I like to think he didn't know better about the effect of guns but who knows? Very tragic for the parents, the kid will be fucked up for life (if he isn't already).
Videogames. Plenty of people think games are real. Some also don't understand the consequences of shooting a real person versus a videogame character.
I don't think this has anything to do with society, NRA, or guns themselves. Kid's too young.
If the kid wanted a controller and there wasn't a gun, I'm sure he would have gotten it in some other way, possibly violent and leading to the same result. I like to think he didn't know better about the effect of guns but who knows? Very tragic for the parents, the kid will be fucked up for life (if he isn't already).
I think you're referring to the school shooting......this one was in the home.
I think most of the comments about teachers are sarcastic - just digs at Trump for his stupid logic of more guns = less violence.
Just to prove your point, I got really pissed at my sister one time. I threw a marble at her.IF he didn't have a gun he would have used a truck, bomb or knife
I know you are being sarcastic but I have seen kids get very violent and either punch, kick or use a blunt object to strike another kid when they aren't getting their way. Some of it IMO is a natural selfishness that we as humans - sharing is a learned behavior. The only way to stop this is constantly reinforcing the concept of sharing and severely punishing selfishness.IF he didn't have a gun he would have used a truck, bomb or knife
Kid using a gun to get a controller is another level but perhaps it was preventable from a sharing/selfish standpoint?
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OF course! If it wasn't video games it's that damn rap music and wiley coyote and roadrunner cartoons.
It's called gun control.
Anyway. He could have at least fired warning shots, to let her know he wasn't kidding.
Well, obviously this is the parents’ fault. If only they had bought more controllers....
But all the controllers in the universe wouldn’t have prevented this crime. Once this kid got his first taste for blood from a first-person shooter, the dye was already cast.
Violent video games make violent people. There has never been an exception to this rule in the history of history.
If you want to stop gun violence “Americants”, stop being so stupid and ban violent video games.
Duck Hunt ruined America.
I also agree. Some people are trying to make this an issue of gun control - it is only considering the gun was readily accessible and the parents didn't keep it secure. But assume it wasn't available or there was no gun. Is this kid so enraged that he might hurt or even kill his sister by other means? Had he grabbed a knife and stabbed her to death, the whole issue of guns and gun control would be moot. So this isn't really about guns - that just happened to be the weapon available.
If this type of crime took place in Canada, a bunch of people wouldn't be jumping to the conclusion of "gun control". If the gun was purchased legally, used for hunting/range only, and locked securely and the kid broke in (would have to be a determined 9-year old), it wouldn't be an issue of gun control.
I also hesitate to blame video games. There is nothing mentioned about the kids playing violent video games - they could have been playing Tetris for all we know (I know Tetris is old...lol). It only mentions video game controllers.
Actually I missed and it left a perfectly round hole in the dining room window. My parents were not impressed.
