Girl's Death Linked to Realistic Gun-Shaped Wii Controller
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A weapon shall always be stored with the slide/firing mechanism removed from the weapon proper, and also stored in a different place.
A weapon shall always be stored without any amunition in it.
A weapon shall always be stored securely, out of the reach of others. In a safe, bank box or other place where unauthorized people can't reach it, children or adults alike.
If these rules were followed, alot of accidents, rage shootings and other unfortunate and devastating events would not occur.
Add that all gun owners must be of sound and stable mind (read no loonies) and not have a violent criminal record (preferrably with an expiration date. People can change), and we would all live in a much safer world.
A weapon shall always be stored without any amunition in it.
A weapon shall always be stored securely, out of the reach of others. In a safe, bank box or other place where unauthorized people can't reach it, children or adults alike.
If these rules were followed, alot of accidents, rage shootings and other unfortunate and devastating events would not occur.
Add that all gun owners must be of sound and stable mind (read no loonies) and not have a violent criminal record (preferrably with an expiration date. People can change), and we would all live in a much safer world.
her father's should be jailed. How in hell do you leave a gun (A GUN) within a 3 years old reach?????!!!!!, it does not matter if the controller looked like that gun, if the girl never had a controller like that she migth also have taken it. This is the parents fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would feel pity, but I am in such utter shock of the retards who let this happen. Those parents are now one of the stupidest people I have ever heard of, I hope they never get a chance to let this happen again.
CINN4M0N said:
The wire is an armored cable that prevents the slide from going back, a round from being inserted into the chamber, and a mag from being put it. Cable is noramally attached to a solid object, like the inside of a gun safe or a load barring wall to prevent it from being stolen.
The real tragedy is that is could have been avoided by any sort of common sense on behalf of the parents.
And had the gun been secured in any fashion then this wouldn't have happened. It is an important distinction that the gun did not shoot the girl, the gun did not place itself in her reach, and the gun has no control over any of the individuals who set this in motion.TechNoFear said:
...'Haihongchang'? Could it sound any more like a mocking impression of the Chinese language? ><
ManThatYouFear said:
Woah, don't be screwing with my hobby. Maybe we should ban hot coffee, as neglegent parents have often left drinks lying un-attended giving 3rd degree burns to children who knock stuff over.
Banning serves no purpose, what is needed is enforcement of current laws, and awareness of them and just general fire arms safety knowledge. This is the same knee-jerk reaction we see from politicians after a school shooting that somone blames on Modern Warfare 2 or the newest FPS flavor of the month.
No one but a hunter should be allowed to own a gun. No one but police officers should be allowed to own a handgun.
The part that blows me away is that no charges were filed. Criminal negligence? Manslaughter?
There really should be a charge for "stupidity causing death"
The part that blows me away is that no charges were filed. Criminal negligence? Manslaughter?
There really should be a charge for "stupidity causing death"
Why? I try to go target shooting with my friends at the local range a couple times a month, usually handguns, but occasionally rifles aswell. At this point many people will start yelling about 4th ammendment in the US, right to bare arms etc... But instead of rehashing that; Its a sport, its a hobby, it is safe. More people die in their backyards in swimming pools then they do by guns. Banning guns only gives guns to criminals, it doesn't get rid of them.dnose said:
There is a law for that, I believe its called neglegent homicide, or one of the definitions of manslaughter.
Wow this was a such a terribly blanketed statement.Robert0288 said:
More people die in their pools than by guns? Do they use pools to kill each other in wars? Guns are not safe. It is a mechanism that is dedicated to sending a chunk of metal filled with explosive powder at high velocities towards other objects. If they were safe, far less people would go to shooting ranges for "fun". Why not go to an arcade and imitate it? Guns were made to kill. Not to 'have fun and be safe'.
And banning guns doesn't give guns to criminals. It stops idiots from legally purchasing them. To prevent situations like this one. A real criminal will acquire the weapon needed, legally or otherwise, to commit a crime. That's what makes them a criminal. It's like saying legalizing weed will stop illegal drug trafficking.
I think the 4th amendment needs to be shut down until everyone gets a little more common sense.
Excuse me for being a heartless basterd, but how do these stories keep ending in "and shot herself" instead of "fired it once into the wall and realized that they'd made a horrible mistake." I don't know about you, but the average home probably isn't blessed with an abundance of surfaces off of which a bullet could ricochet. To me this seems as if the first instinct of these people is to try and be clever (or act out a scene from Persona 3) by putting the damn gun to their head. I ask you, when was the last time you did that with a toy gun ever? Precisely
I swear to God, sometimes I feel like these problems just wouldn't exist if you just sat down every white middle-class yuppie in this country and explained to them exactly what guns are and exactly what they aren't
Oh please, they blame those shootings on violent song lyrics written by the evil rappers and you know it... or to paraphrase Chris Rock: "White kid kills a bunch of his schoolmates with a gun, they deal with him, nobody worries... Black man says gun: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING"Robert0288 said:
I swear to God, sometimes I feel like these problems just wouldn't exist if you just sat down every white middle-class yuppie in this country and explained to them exactly what guns are and exactly what they aren't