Girl Shot Herself Because She Thought Gun Was Wiimote

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="GamerForca"] I highly doubt that weak story will hold up in court. Logically, it shouldn't. Loaded handgun with safety off out where a 3-year-old can get it. Handguns are quite heavy and pulling the trigger is more difficult than you'd think (for a 3-year-old). Her mom was in the room with her.. watching this unfold? 3-year-old girl is playing SHOOTING game on the Wii, points gun at herself, shoots herself. Motive? Parents can sue Nintendo for a lot of money. Though I'd have to see the actual handgun (is that it in the second post of the thread?) before really jumping to a conclusion.GamerForca

Stupid, stupid parents.

[QUOTE="GamerForca"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] ehh... no offense but a lot of what your saying couldnt hold either. its all just specualtion. even if they THOUGHT they might have a case with nintendo, there is no way they could EVER have even the slimmest chance of sucess, so that throws out the motive. there is also the part where the daughter DIES. the ends dont exactly justify the means, in any regard. also, that plastic shell (the one in the other post that looked like a gun) wasn't made by nintendo, so theres that. garrett_duffman

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="GamerForca"] Speculation? I thought it was their story? Oops, my mistake. And actually, the motive isn't thrown out because if they THOUGHT they had a case, then I don't see why they wouldn't go through with it assuming they're just bad people. Also, the father is her stepfather, not her biological father.GamerForca

[QUOTE="GamerForca"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] speculation = theories not based on facts ( the whole having a case with nintendo, assuming the handgun was heavy, which i know i said too but jayson later clarified, nobody said the girl was playing a game), that wasn't their story, it was your story. I don't see the relevance of saying stepfather as opposed to biological, its all the same in this instance, not that i even mentioned the father... garrett_duffman

That is absolutely terrible and what a bad stepfather! He better go to jail!

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="GamerForca"] Ok, I was hasty in stating that she was playing a game. My other points still hold. You said my points can't hold up in court because they're speculation (speculation can be theories based on inconclusive facts, in other words, we have some facts, but not all) . That's not necessarily true. It's called circumstantial evidence. But they would need to prove that a 3-year-old could not possibly pull the trigger on a gun. I don't see how a 3-year-old could since handgun triggers are fairly "heavy". However, they probably wouldn't be able to prove that absolutely. That said, it's still enough to convince me of foul play.GamerForca

[QUOTE="GamerForca"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] they would have to prove that their daughter could pull the trigger, not just any 3 year old girl. until anyone knows more about the girl, the parents can claim that she was strong enough and nobody could find any non-speculative reasoning to not believe them. I too think it was foul play, but I don't see a conviction right now, at least not for murder, not with the information we've been given. garrett_duffman

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="GamerForca"] Actually, if it could be proven that a 3-year-old could not possibly pull the trigger, then that could/should be enough. Would depend on the jury though (OJ Simpson case comes to mind). And yes, for a real conviction, we'd have to see all the evidence, assuming there is more. But like I said, it still screams foul play to me.GamerForca

Its the parents fault 100%

There just bad, negligent parents!

If not a gun it would have been something else.

Maybe see would have been run over crossing the street because her parents werent holding her hand and keeping an eye on her.

Maybe she would have drowned in a swimming pool/lake because they also werent paying attention.

She could have been abducted at a store if they left her alone for a minute.

She could have suffocated in a car if they left her in there to long.

ect, ect, ect

Point is its the parents fault and they will pay in the inevitable investigation, nintendo has nothing to worry about.

Now that I think about it, the fact they would try and profit of there daughters death by trying to blame/sue a multimillion dollar company is pretty sick/sad :?

[QUOTE="GamerForca"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] we don't know enough about the girl to classify her as an average 3 year old girl, her parents could state that she, as an individual, could pull the trigger with her thumbs combined to shoot herself in the stomach. garrett_duffman

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="GamerForca"] If a study is performed showing that 3-years-olds can't pull a handgun trigger, then that is circumstantial evidence. If that is combined with more circumstantial evidence (more than is available to us), then we could see a conviction. I'm not saying that there is currently enough evidence, just that some of the evidence is credible. GamerForca

I thinking pulling the trigger wouldn't be too hard for a child, it is just the combination of taking it off safety and firing. I am just pointing out the insane amount of neglect on the parents. Leaving a loaded weapon in the house,in an area that the child can get into, and on top of that to leave it off of safety. I wouldn't even feal comfortable doing that combination without having children, or any of those things combined. Maybe the black wiimote will be pulled, lol. If anyone takes their case serious will also award them with some four leaf clovers or something insane.

[QUOTE="GamerForca"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] ...which assumptions about the strength of 3 year olds and motives of the parents are not garrett_duffman

seriously..

so they put a REAL gun on the table, next to a 3 YEAR old . WTF

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]

THIS is why girls aren't gamers... all joking aside, thats truly terrible... but lets break this down Pheonix Wright style. [QUOTE="Foxnews"]WTVF-TV in Nashville quoted Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe, who said the 3-year-old girl picked up her stepfather's .380 caliber pistol and shot herself in the stomach Sunday night. Ashe said the girl's mother was in the same room and the stepfather was asleep when it happened. The mother told investigators her daughter could have thought the gun was a controller for a Nintendo Wii. The stepfather told deputies he got out the gun because he heard a prowler, then left it on a living room end table. The child died at a hospital. Her name wasn't immediately released.Crisis_Eye

Second, the mom was in the same room as the 3 year old... yet did nothing to prevent it? maybe it was the MOM who was stupid enough to mistake the gun for a wii remote? and why wouldnt they release the name? and the duaghter supposedly shot HERSELF in the stomache? I don't know about you, but pointing a gun at your stomach and pulling the trigger would NOT be that easy of a task for a 3 year old, who would not quite have the motor skills for the twisting and turning and strategic pulling of triggers. I truly think that the parents are playing stupid to cover their tracks.

OBJECTION!

That dosen't rule out the possibility that the three year old did not know that the gun was loaded and unsafe.

Toddlers have insatible curiosity. There is no proof that she knew the difference and how the gun worked.

[QUOTE="Crisis_Eye"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] So the stepdad hears a Prowler... takes out the gun... put it in a place where a 3 year old could reach it (which isnt THAT easy to do...they arent exactly tall) then goes to sleep? is that bull or what?

Second, the mom was in the same room as the 3 year old... yet did nothing to prevent it? maybe it was the MOM who was stupid enough to mistake the gun for a wii remote? and why wouldnt they release the name? and the duaghter supposedly shot HERSELF in the stomache? I don't know about you, but pointing a gun at your stomach and pulling the trigger would NOT be that easy of a task for a 3 year old, who would not quite have the motor skills for the twisting and turning and strategic pulling of triggers. I truly think that the parents are playing stupid to cover their tracks.

Wikipedian

OBJECTION!

That dosen't rule out the possibility that the three year old did not know that the gun was loaded and unsafe.

Toddlers have insatible curiosity. There is no proof that she knew the difference and how the gun worked.

[QUOTE="Wikipedian"]

[QUOTE="Crisis_Eye"] Phoenix Wright style?! Hahah! You made my day! However, yes, it is very tragic that the 3 year old died. HOwever, I also see a contradiciton here. "So the mother says because they're so similar the daughter grabbed the gun and then because of all the games where you point the Wiimote at your stomach she blew a hole in herself." I only know of ONE Wii game where you point the Wii Remote KIND OF at your stomach, and that's WarioWare, the Samurai position. I doubt a 3 year old would know how to use the gun as well. Even if it is as simple as pulling the trigger.. I think the parents are hiding something.garrett_duffman

OBJECTION!

That dosen't rule out the possibility that the three year old did not know that the gun was loaded and unsafe.

Toddlers have insatible curiosity. There is no proof that she knew the difference and how the gun worked.

Exactly, there is no proof that the toddler mistook the gun for the controller. Thus, that opens up the possibility that the mother was using the Wiimote as a scapegoat to blame for her negilgence

you know. Now that I think about it.

I don't know what's scarier. The fact that the Girl Died or the Fact that The Wii Gun looks real.

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="Wikipedian"]

OBJECTION!

That dosen't rule out the possibility that the three year old did not know that the gun was loaded and unsafe.

Toddlers have insatible curiosity. There is no proof that she knew the difference and how the gun worked.

Wikipedian

Exactly, there is no proof that the toddler mistook the gun for the controller. Thus, that opens up the possibility that the mother was using the Wiimote as a scapegoat to blame for her negilgence

This is horrible :(

It was obviously bad parenting, I can't say whether or not the parents actually killed their own child... its too horrible of a though to bear of people who are actually evil enough to do that.

It's too bad she also didn't confuse her parents for raving rabbids.

Too be honest, the world is probably better off without her if she did that.

Too be honest, the world is probably better off without her if she did that.

awssk8er716

[QUOTE="awssk8er716"]

Too be honest, the world is probably better off without her if she did that.

garrett_duffman

I doubt he read the post and as a consiqence didn't really mean/understand what he said...

I hate this kind of story. First, it's tragic that a little girl is dead. Second, instances like this, where people abuse their freedom, are always used as excuses to limit everyone's freedom.

Gotta love bad parenting :D

It's terrible that a little girl died because her dumbass parents left a loaded gun out for her to grab. That's terrible parenting at it's finest. And I'm sure they'll sue Nintendo because of course it was Nintendo's fault..........

People's intelligence needs to be tested before they are allowed to have children. Seriously.

I read the article hoping that it ended with something like, "the child is in critical but stable condition"...but no...she died. That makes me really sad. Poor girl.

Ok, now here's something interesting

Girl sees gun and shoots herself in the stomach. Considering she was 3 I'm surprised she even made it to the hospital without her insides spilling out

Just for reference

This is a Wiimote

This is a gun

So the mother says because they're so similar the daughter grabbed the gun and then because of all the games where you point the Wiimote at your stomach she blew a hole in herself.

HERE IS THE STORY OF WHICH THIS THREAD IS ABOUT

Jaysonguy

How could this happen?!

...oh, Nashville. LOL

Seriously though, what kind of father leaves a loaded handgun in front of a 3 year old and then thinks "what better time to take a nap?"

Blame the dumb hick father, don't scapegoat the closest gaming console. What is it with people refusing to take responsibility for their own actions?

soon..... Wii remotes with come with parental advisery labels on all packaging because of this.

"PARENTAL ADVISERY, WII REMOTE MAY RESEMBLE A FIREARM. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN"

truely a sad and unfortunate event this is.