Sad story really. Her incredibly stupid father left a loaded semi-automatic handgun in reach of a 3 year-old, and to make things worse, Wii gun-controller looks incredibly realistic, especially to a young girl..




http://allaboutthegames.co.uk/ ... News&article_id=10318

dude...i don't even know what to type for that...

"The gun was out because he had heard a prowler and gotten the gun out earlier that evening. He then left the gun on the table in the living room."

I don't understand some people....

Didn't know the Wii has a gun like that, I thought they only have the wii zapper. which wouldn't lead to this happening.

Quote from JJ72 :

Didn't know the Wii has a gun like that, I thought they only have the wii zapper. which wouldn't lead to this happening.

And no game for a 3yr old would require it anyway.

Quote from JJ72 :

Didn't know the Wii has a gun like that, I thought they only have the wii zapper. which wouldn't lead to this happening.

I rather think that people not leaving guns lying around would be a better way of avoiding it.

Woah - Just saw that the article said the BOTTOM one is the Wii Controller, I thought that was the gun!

Quote from JJ72 :

"The gun was out because he had heard a prowler and gotten the gun out earlier that evening. He then left the gun on the table in the living room."

What kind of parent leaves a loaded gun laying around with a 3 year old in the house?, ridiculous.

Isn't it kinda sad that you can alreday tell by the thread title alone that it happend in the USA?

Leaving a gun alone in the living room and open for any children to play with... can you behave even more stupid?

WTH

I thought US laws had all game gun controllers/toys had to be brightly painted to prevent this?

It's sad though RIP

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

I thought US laws had all game gun controllers/toys had to be brightly painted to prevent this?

I think the bright colour rule is for the cops so they don't go shooting kids to death who simply play with toy guns.

And yes, I too did predict this happened in the US of A simply by the title.

Quote from Matrixi :

I think the bright colour rule is for the cops so they don't go shooting kids to death who simply play with toy guns.

And yes, I too did predict this happened in the US of A simply by the title.

IIRC it's for both

I'll find a source in a few

Parent is stupid. Nothing new. This time the background is a wii gun controller but it could be anything. Final thought to the brain dead people: games are bad.

Only in USA.

First rule of firearms

Treat every gun as if it were loaded

Second (or third, can't remember exactly) rule: Don't point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot

Just natural selection at work again.

Third: Finger off the trigger till you're ready to shoot.

Those rules would definitely help a 3 year old picking up a gun thinking it was a wii controller....

Quote from senn :

Just natural selection at work again.

And this would work if it had been the parent who left the gun out that got shot. Can't expect a 3 year old to know what a gun is, so natural selection isn't the case here.

Just shoot the parents, problem solved.

wow, only in USA

What the hell, what kind of dad is this? Like, really

I don't know why but I'm waiting for / expecting the follow up article stating that someone is suing Nintendo for making a gun shaped controller...

Though I hope that the poor parent has learned his lesson.

What?

She thought that I was a Wii gun, and shooted herself whit it?

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

Second (or third, can't remember exactly) rule: Don't point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot

No criminal charges? The parents must be guilty of something, surely?

Horrible story.

Girl: R.I.P.
Parents: You should do same as your kid for you dumbness.