toddler shoots herself after mistaking real gun for wii toy

AGD · 9 Mar 2010 at 23:54

The father and possibly mother should get jail time for this. They left a loaded weapon within easy reach of a 3 year old! This has nothing to do with the Wii, they are just awful parents.

arc@css · 9 Mar 2010 at 23:56

Slightly surprised that the child had the finger strength to pull the trigger. Maybe it is that easy.

PhillyDee · 9 Mar 2010 at 23:57

Spektor said:
She must have sucked at that Wii game she was playing earlier on.

muon · 9 Mar 2010 at 23:58

Janesy B said:
No doubt video games will be blamed, not UTTER STUPIDITY for leaving a loaded weapon within reach of a child.

I don't know about you. But 3 year olds should not be playing mock shooting games. Current age rating systems already cover this. Don't think there is anyone but the parents to blame.

trent said:
I think the obvious thing to do is to ban wii's. IF it wasn't for them the child wouldn't of mistaken it for a gun and left it alone.

Guidance already exists saying 3 year olds shouldn't play shoot em ups. There's no way to spin this as the Wii's fault.

Jonnycoupe · 10 Mar 2010 at 00:36

ghost101 said:
I don't know about you. But 3 year olds should not be playing mock shooting games. Current age rating systems already cover this. Don't think there is anyone but the parents to blame.

Have you not seen Wii Play?

You shoot baloons.

Tefal · 10 Mar 2010 at 00:41

ghost101 said:
Guidance already exists saying 3 year olds shouldn't play shoot em ups. There's no way to spin this as the Wii's fault.

I think you missed the sarcasm

muon · 10 Mar 2010 at 00:44

Tefal said:
I think you missed the sarcasm

I wasn't taking the post seriously. Just saying that even those who wouldn't be sarcastic about that sort of thing couldn't really claim that it was the Wii's fault.

BigglesPiP · 10 Mar 2010 at 00:57

arc@css said:
Slightly surprised that the child had the finger strength to pull the trigger. Maybe it is that easy.

Not hard at all.

A good trigger is light, the correct technique is to gradually squeeze more pressure onto the trigger until it goes off, then you pause before releasing the trigger and re-cocking/reloading/firing again.

A world championship level .22 target shooting rifle has a trigger weight circa. 2g for example.

Tefal · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:05

BigglesPiP said:
Not hard at all.

A good trigger is light, the correct technique is to gradually squeeze more pressure onto the trigger until it goes off.

A world championship level .22 target shooting rifle has a trigger weight circa. 2g for example.

A target rifle is considerably different to a home defence pistol.

BigglesPiP · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:11

Tefal said:
A target rifle is considerably different to a home defence pistol.

I know, I was just trying to get the point across that a hard trigger would ruin your shot.

The trigger on a pistol/handgun is of course harder, but you don't have to strain your finger to pull it. Ergo; toddler unloads one in her face.

A revolver may have a hard trigger though, as sometimes you're pulling back the hammer as you pull the trigger.

starfighter · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:37

Don't blame computer games or even the gun but the parents, why did they leave a loaded gun next to a toy gun that looks similar with a toddler....

Makunouchi · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:38

No doubt this will somehow get turned into another attack on video games.

God knows how, but I'm sure they will find a way.

trent · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:38

Guns don't kill people. Wappers do.

platinum87 · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:48

Terrible, there should be a high level of discipline around firearms

Once i saw someone muzzle their friend for a bit of a laugh at a range, i decided at that point if they muzzle me i will shoot them immediately.. Luckily for them, they were immediately kicked out.

Massive prison time for that guy!

BigglesPiP · 10 Mar 2010 at 01:59

platinum87 said:
Terrible, there should be a high level of discipline around firearms

Once i saw someone muzzle their friend for a bit of a laugh at a range, i decided at that point if they muzzle me i will shoot them immediately.. Luckily for them, they were immediately kicked out.

Massive prison time for that guy!

EXACTLY what I expected to read when I saw your name in the last post column, stop posting such macho rubbish.

Your attitude doesn't belong on a range, but its not a problem since your whole anecdote is made up. You've never been to a range, and you've never discharged a weapon.

platinum87 · 10 Mar 2010 at 02:01

BigglesPiP said:
EXACTLY what I expected to read when I saw your post, stop posting such macho rubbish.

Your attitude doesn't belong on a range, but its not a problem since your whole anecdote is made up. You've never been to a range, and you've never discharged a weapon.

What part of my post do you even disagree with?

cheets64 · 10 Mar 2010 at 02:08

platinum87 said:
Terrible, there should be a high level of discipline around firearms

Once i saw someone muzzle their friend for a bit of a laugh at a range, i decided at that point if they muzzle me i will shoot them immediately.. Luckily for them, they were immediately kicked out.

Massive prison time for that guy!

BigglesPiP · 10 Mar 2010 at 02:10

Where's the comic strip?

cheets64 · 10 Mar 2010 at 02:34

platinum87 said:
What part of my post do you even disagree with?

So if someones muzzles someone what ever that is, obviously it wont kill them hence the mate would have died, yet you will shoot them if they did it to do, thus killing them, how does that sound in your head.

BigglesPiP · 10 Mar 2010 at 02:44

Exactly, forgetting for a second that the situation is a complete fabrication; you're saying you would deliberately and unnecessarily kill someone in response to a threat, but in real life you're never in the situation, and if you were you would never act the way you claim you would. It's exactly the logic displayed in your comic strip. You're the perfect example of a keyboard warrior.