4 year-old kills father after he didn't get a PlayStation

[James]

4 year-old kills father after he didn't get a PlayStation

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

[Graal]

Uhm...

[TBlaar]

hahahahahaha.....
dowcipy
just, hahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[OmegaFenix]

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.

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First Question... why the fuck do you let your four year old play with a loaded, unsaftied, gun?
From the sound of it, it seems more like the boy was playing and accidental shot his father rather than plotting and shooting his father due to lack of playstation.
I guess another case of the media going to town on a story which is only lightly linked to gaming.

[shadowfox]

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First Question... why the fuck do you let your four year old play with a loaded, unsaftied, gun?
From the sound of it, it seems more like the boy was playing and accidental shot his father rather than plotting and shooting his father due to lack of playstation.
I guess another case of the media going to town on a story which is only lightly linked to gaming.

I'm guessing he used Call of Duty to train?

But ... yeah ... way to put a "games and stuff like that make you evil" spin on things. Talk about crappy reporting.

[EDIT] Also, murder? They really think a 4-year-old is capable of thinking through and rationalising a decision like that? Involuntary manslaughter at best ... and even that wouldn't stick because the dumbass put a loaded weapon down where a kid could get at it.

[OmegaFenix]

I'm guessing he used Call of Duty to train?

But ... yeah ... way to put a "games and stuff like that make you evil" spin on things. Talk about crappy reporting.

Keep in mind where it happened. The East, especially heavy Muslim Countries like Saudi Arabia, are still very against what they see as the West Corrupting their children via Music, Film and Video games so every chance to give these forms of Media a bad public image, especially among its more ignorant inhabitants is grasped with both hands.

[shadowfox]

Keep in mind where it happened. The East, especially heavy Muslim Countries like Saudi Arabia, are still very against what they see as the West Corrupting their children via Music, Film and Video games so every chance to give these forms of Media a bad public image, especially among its more ignorant inhabitants is grasped with both hands.

Also true. But then, I'd like to see some slightly less biased reporting on our side rather than a simple copy-paste from somewhere that's going to make Krakatoa out of a molehill.

[OmegaFenix]

Also true. But then, I'd like to see some slightly less biased reporting on our side rather than a simple copy-paste from somewhere that's going to make Krakatoa out of a molehill.

More sensational heading ensures more hits which = more $$$. Capatalism FTW

[Saint_Dee]

It's odd that the 1st association made is murder with motive (lack of PlayStation)... But as Omega points out, it's all about getting more hits rather than giving an objective view of the truth

[MrTallShaw]

GUN SAFES, preventing children from shooting their parents since 1805.