Dad shoots son after refusing to look at his Xbox 360

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#1 coolpixel
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You gotta be careful when you buy a xbox 360.......all the violence in the games these days.. especially with the 360 having mostly shooters in its library...

In Monroe County, Pennsylvania, police say that it was an argument over an Xbox 360 console that led to a son asking his father to shoot him, and he complied.

The 17-year-old boy reportedly wanted his father, James Stanley Niedosik, 60, to look at his Xbox 360 Friday night.

However, when the father didn't want to, an argument ensued. During the dispute, the boy handed his father a rifle and told him to shoot him, and he did.

The boy suffered from a .22 caliber bullet lodged in his skull behind his ear and was treated at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.

Niedosik was arrested and sent to Monroe County Prison on $250,000 bail. He is now charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and endangering the welfare of a child.

"One's in jail, one's in the hospital," Jeanie Niedosik, James' ex-wife and the boy's mother told The Morning Call. "I won't know exactly what happened until I talk to [my son]. He's incoherent yet; they have him heavily sedated."

While she was not present at the shooting, she believes the incident was an accident.

"He did the shooting, but it was an accidental thing that took place," she said.

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#2 rocktimusprime
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its that darn pokemon!
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#3 Redmoonxl2
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Why would you hand anyone a rifle in the heat of an argument? I'm not excusing the father but seriously, that's just beyond moronic.
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#4 Blue-Sky
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What I hate the most about articles like these, is the fact the the Video game system is the most irrelevant aspect of the entire situation, but will probably be the main headline.
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#5 prodiqy32
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everyone on earth is nuts. im convinced.:?
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#6 Dreams-Visions
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tragic. but me no thinks this thread will last long..
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#7 bionicle_lover
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so you pretty much ask to be killed just because your dad doesnt want to look at your piece of white plastic?
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#8 jmorey01
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So, wait what?

Why would the first thing that goes through your mind when someone doesn't want to look at your video game console be to have your own father shoot you?

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#9 Ontain
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freaking video game addicts make it bad for all of us.
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#10 Ontain
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So, wait what?

Why would the first thing that goes through your mind when someone doesn't want to look at your video game console be to have your own father shoot you?

jmorey01

probably a drama queen that said something like "if you're not going to help fix my 360 you might as well shoot me."

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#11 zassimick  Moderator
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so you pretty much ask to be killed just because your dad doesnt want to look at your piece of white plastic?bionicle_lover

There's no way that's the whole story. The 360 might have triggered the argument, but could that really be the reason for the argument to come to the point of violence?

If so, I lose faith in society even more and more.

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#12 bionicle_lover
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[QUOTE="bionicle_lover"]so you pretty much ask to be killed just because your dad doesnt want to look at your piece of white plastic?Zassimick

There's no way that's the whole story. The 360 might have triggered the argument, but could that really be the reason for the argument to come to the point of violence?

If so, I lose faith in society even more and more.

yep thats weird. i mean, they should at least elaborate what goes on. i refuse to believe that the son goes, "look at my 360 or shoot me". these articles really should try to make more sense.

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[QUOTE="Zassimick"]

There's no way that's the whole story. The 360 might have triggered the argument, but could that really be the reason for the argument to come to the point of violence?

If so, I lose faith in society even more and more.

bionicle_lover

yep thats weird. i mean, they should at least elaborate what goes on. i refuse to believe that the son goes, "look at my 360 or shoot me". these articles really should try to make more sense.

lol, "look at my 360 or shoot me" is exactly what I was thinking he would say if the argument was all about the dad looking at the 360. And I mean, come on, there had to be something else there. Here's the father's decision:

Look at the 360

Or

Shoot his son

Hmm... I wonder... Probably more to the story.

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People's stupidity neverstops amazing me.
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#16 Dreams-Visions
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understand, this probably had nothing to do with the games. this was a dysfunctional home. the game was just the tipping point.
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#17 Puckhog04
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Well, i hope that was sarcastic.

There are some really stupid people out there. This alone demonstrates that fact. Has nothing to do with the platform.

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BOOOOM HEADSHOOT!!!!!!amorbis1001

You have a disgusting sense of humor.
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#19 Nintendo_Man
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The father must of been a cow. So i guess this is a first for a 360 playerend up being shotinstead of the console itself
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#20 makaveli_89
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and i thought ive seen everything....
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#21 amorbis1001
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[QUOTE="amorbis1001"]BOOOOM HEADSHOOT!!!!!!ThePlothole

You have a disgusting sense of humor.

If the story is even midly true then both the father and the son deserves to be laughed at, darwin wins again.

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#22 TheTrystero024
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Rifle + 2 people arguing = this sad story Humanity at its best
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#23 Dreams-Visions
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Rifle + 2 people arguing = this sad story Humanity at its bestTheTrystero024

dysfunctional families + weapons were the problem. not people arguing.

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Lemmings... :roll:
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#25 ss_49
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Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

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#26 rwbojorquez
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[QUOTE="coolpixel"]

You gotta be careful when you buy a xbox 360.......all the violence in the games these days.. especially with the 360 having mostly shooters in its library...

But no one can say it was the fault of a game because it was the father who shot him and I do not think the father plays on the xbox. so it can't be relevent.

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Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

ss_49

Why is there something wrong with that? If you paid for it and met all legal qualifications to own it, why not? I love my .45. The overwhelming majority of legal gun owners (99.999%) are responsible gun owners. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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#28 Makari
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Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

ss_49
thank god it was a .22 gun. i don't think he would have survived a knife to the skull.
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[QUOTE="ss_49"]

Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

Makari

thank god it was a .22 gun. i don't think he would have survived a knife to the skull.

Excellent point. This has nothing to do with US gun control. This would have been a lot worse if the son instead gave the father a knife and tried provoking him to stab him.

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#30 ss_49
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[QUOTE="ss_49"]

Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

Dreams-Visions

Why is there something wrong with that? If you paid for it and met all legal qualifications to own it, why not? I love my .45. The overwhelming majority of legal gun owners (99.999%) are responsible gun owners. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There are no legal qualifications to own rifles in Pennsylvania. :? Not even a background check.

Complete unregulation is the reason for stupid **** like this.

I agree that the idiots shouldn't ruin it for the responsible but simply forcing every1 to lock up their arsenal would nip these problems in the bud. Responsible gun owners lock-up anyways so who would it hurt???

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[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

ss_49

Why is there something wrong with that? If you paid for it and met all legal qualifications to own it, why not? I love my .45. The overwhelming majority of legal gun owners (99.999%) are responsible gun owners. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There are no legal qualifications to own rifles in Pennsylvania. :? Not even a background check.

Complete unregulation is the reason for stupid **** like this.

I agree that the idiots shouldn't ruin it for the responsible but simply forcing every1 to lock up their arsenal would nip these problems in the bud. Responsible gun owners lock-up anyways so who would it hurt???

Welll Pennsylvania should probably look at those laws. Every gun should require a background check. IMO. And a mandatory waiting period before getting it.

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#32 Cedmln
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The son should be facing charges for encouragement of an illegal deed. He got what he asked for.
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Only in America...

Only in America...

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#34 Makari
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[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"][QUOTE="ss_49"]

Wow...it's almost as if the US needs to re-amend their gun-control laws or something...:roll:

If you can have a licensed .22 sitting on your coffee table...there's something wrong.

ss_49

Why is there something wrong with that? If you paid for it and met all legal qualifications to own it, why not? I love my .45. The overwhelming majority of legal gun owners (99.999%) are responsible gun owners. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There are no legal qualifications to own rifles in Pennsylvania. :? Not even a background check.

Complete unregulation is the reason for stupid **** like this.

I agree that the idiots shouldn't ruin it for the responsible but simply forcing every1 to lock up their arsenal would nip these problems in the bud. Responsible gun owners lock-up anyways so who would it hurt???

background checks on long rifles are federal law, aren't they? i don't think states can pre-empt those things. =P
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#35 Huff
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But the 360's okay right?
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#36 rocktimusprime
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But the 360's okay right?Huff

LOL /thread

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But the 360's okay right?Huff
hahahhaah i love you.... who ever you may be:lol:
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#39 Huff
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[QUOTE="Huff"]But the 360's okay right?killtactics
hahahhaah i love you.... who ever you may be:lol:

back at you scooter
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#40 Dahaka-UK
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But the 360's okay right?Huff

I think it would rather RROD after seeing how insane it's owner is.

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these people make the mentally challenged look like eistien.
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#42 Huff
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[QUOTE="Huff"]But the 360's okay right?Dahaka-UK

I think it would rather RROD after seeing how insane it's owner is.

Nah, the 360 understands. Its hard to get upset because the whole incident is a great example of natural selection. The kid who hands people a gun and says "shoot me" doesnt grow up to have kids who hand people guns and say "shoot me" Its the beauty of nature.
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#43 Huff
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these people make the mentally challenged look like eistien.6matt6
nice
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#44 AirGuitarist87
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The article is far too vague to make anything from it. I doubt that the entire argument revolved around "look at this" "no" "then shoot me", there's got to be more to it then that. I think the console has nothing to do with it, it was just present at the time of violence so it's to blame QED. Writing "Idiot father shoots moronic son" doesn't make as much news as "Microsoft console causes evil deeds".
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#45 Gh0st_Of_0nyx
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See this is why the wii is the FAMILY console :wink:
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#46 hurley_house
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BOOOOM HEADSHOOT!!!!!!amorbis1001

looool that was funny as hell :D !

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#47 berncoul
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As much as all that is tragic, this could all been made up. Link?
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[QUOTE="amorbis1001"]BOOOOM HEADSHOOT!!!!!!hurley_house

looool that was funny as hell :D !

Yeah, especially when you manage to spell "Headshot" wrong, and that you manage to find a father shooting a sun in the head something to joke about. :|

Sicko.

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#50 Jacboy71
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[QUOTE="hurley_house"]

[QUOTE="amorbis1001"]BOOOOM HEADSHOOT!!!!!!princeofshapeir

looool that was funny as hell :D !

Yeah, especially when you manage to spell "Headshot" wrong, and that you manage to find a father shooting a sun in the head something to joke about. :|

Sicko.

Maybe you need to step off your high horse this a gaming forum people come here to joke about and have fun... Not be critizied by you so I think you should GTFO. Morals do not belong in system wars.