Gaming Claimed Another Victim, A Father of a 4-Year Old Shot Dead In His Home

[Soviet Heavy]

Why the hell was the gun so easy to access?

Saudi Arabia. I hate to sound general, but the middle east is filled to the brim with guns. I don't find it surprising that a gun was in such easy access to anybody.

 

[aba1]

Ya gaming didn't kill anyone parents not teaching a child about greed did.

 

[Folji]

Imagine if the kid had asked for a bike.

"Bikes claim another victim".

"Stuffed animals claim another victim".

 

[Soviet Steve]

Why the hell was the gun so easy to access?

Oh come on, what's the worst that could possibly happen?

 

[DoPo]

Why the hell was the gun so easy to access?

Oh come on, what's the worst that could possibly happen?

The child could break the gun. You know how annoying fixing them is.

 

[HardkorSB]

Man, that's harsh.

Why wouldn't the dad buy his son a Playstation, the dick.

The upside is the son may possibly be able to buy a Playstation with his father's life insurance, smart kid.

Spoiler: Don't open if you're not into darker humour

Well, it depends on what loot he dropped. Any idea what the drop rate is on those? Grinding is always so boring and tedious.

Spoiler: heh

achievement unlocked: orphan

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

So he leaves a gun, that's loaded, and with the safety most likely off in reach of a four year old with the brain capacity of a turtle (Or Sarah Palin, take your pick)? Clearly this is the fault of gaming.

 

[theheroofaction]

All I can say about this, is thank god that shit like this is rare enough to be news.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Why did he leave the safety off? That was my first thought

 

[Krantos]

How the fuck did that gun not knock the kid out?

How did he hit anything?

I've shot a few guns and even low caliber ones have a mean kick to them. WAAAY More than a 4 year old should be able to handle. I'm not sure this story is legit.

 

[Psychedelic Spartan]

maybe these games should be banned
they make us all into violent killars

here's the thing though, they don't. I play COD and Halo, but I've never been in a fight (that wasn't justified). Yes, I've been in one or two fights at school, but it was in self defense (kids at my middle school were violent). It's the dads fault for leaving a loaded gun near his four year old.

 

[Risingblade]

Got a headshot on his try, the father must be so proud!!!...oh wait

 

[Rawne1980]

At 4 year old I had a plastic He Man sword.

 

[DoPo]

A four-year-old boy has shot his father in the head, with some reports claiming the father?s refusal to buy the boy a PlayStation sparked the incident.

The Saudi boy and his father had returned home from shopping when his father became distracted, leaving his pistol within reach of his son.

While details from here on are disputed, it?s assumed the boy was playing with the gun when he shot his father in the head, killing him instantly. However, some Arabic press are claiming that the boy shot his father because he refused to purchase a PlayStation, labelling him the youngest murderer in Saudi Arabia.

An angry four-year-old Saudi boy shot and killed his father for refusing to buy him a PlayStation, Saudi media reported on Monday.

The Asharq daily, citing police in the southern Jizan area, said the child, aged four years and seven months, grabbed his father?s pistol and shot him in the head. According to the newspaper, the child had asked his father to buy him a PlayStation and the shooting took place after the man returned home without the desired object.

As he was undressing, the man put the weapon down, which the child then grabbed and fired at him from close range.

A four-year-old boy shot and killed his father after he did not buy him a PlayStation, Arabic language media reported Monday.

?The boy pulled the trigger and a bullet hit his father in the head, killing him instantly,? the Sabq newspaper said in a report quoted by the Emirates247.com website.

Another paper, Sharq, said the boy is considered to be the ?youngest killer? in Saudi Arabia. He is four years and seven months old.

The child had asked his father to buy him a PlayStation. The father returned home empty-handed and then put down his pistol while taking off his shirt. The little boy grabbed the gun, played with it and put his little finger in the trigger, accidentally shooting his father in the head.

The man died instantly.

Wat. Are the media trolling us? Seriously, are they? The first and last material suggest the kid was playing with the gun. Leave aside the fact that he was playing with a loaded gun, the last material just straight say "The kid was angry, so he accidentally shot his father". The second one makes the boy a cold blooded killer with no actual other representation. Yeah, thanks news, we enjoy being portrayed as emotionless psychopaths. Thanks for that.

 

[Phlakes]

Well that's a little extreme, he should know that filing a complaint with the FTC is what to do when you don't get what you want.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

Spoiler: Don't open if you're not into darker humour

Well, it depends on what loot he dropped. Any idea what the drop rate is on those? Grinding is always so boring and tedious.

Spoiler: heh

achievement unlocked: orphan

I'm definitely headed to the ninth circle of hell for my reaction to those jokes...

OT: This is a little of column A and a little of column B when it comes to the causes of the man's death. Yes, I believe he should have put the gun somewhere where the child wouldn't have been able to grab it, but I also think that the kid's lack of discipline in regards to not getting a PlayStation 3 is also to blame.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Gaming caused the death of another fellow human, something has to be done about it, think of the children.
Very srs topic, varyingly srs post.

Gaming didn't cause anything.

Leaving a gun where a 4 year old could get his hands on it did.

I agree with Daystar and find the 'think of the children' line that I quoted is kind of ironic (ironic: not funny) after reading the OP's post. The kid was 4 so it has a limited understanding of mortality to begin with. Also, he just wanted a Playstation; it's unclear from this post how much the kid has played games beforehand. I think there's more to be said here about elementary gun safety than game prevention among children.

 

[Burst6]

I have a bit of a hard time believing this.

First of all i know a lot of 4-year old children. If the guy was actually killed, chances are the kid wasn't actually doing it on purpose, he just grabbed it because he thought it looked interesting. My little brother grabs everything. Sometimes he grabs things to get attention, sometimes because he just wants it.

So the lesson here. Leaving handguns in reach of curious hyperactive young boys that don't know any better can lead to some trouble.

Captain understatement, AWAY!