Wii Blamed in Little Girl’s Death: “Controller Looks Like Gun”

the stepf-father might have shot her and blamed it on the game to devert attention

Its obvious the stepfather shot the kid

Puhleeease.

a 3 year old won't even be able to hold, aim and shoot a gun.

EVEN IF SHE WERE able to.

Why would she confuse it with a Wii remote? What the hell is the father doing letting his kid play with gun games before she can even make correct sentences?

Sounds Fishy to me, but of course, videogame bashing at its best.

So much for Free Press.

From Argentina,Cheers;
Niker

Most excellent. We should use the girl as an example of what happens when parents don't teach their kids muzzle control and trigger discipline at a young age.

I find this humorous.

in america toy guns are prohibited from being made to look like real guns (i.e. black). the fact that they had this means that they probably got it from some chinese web site or other such thing.
this is why nerf guns are yellow.
also because if cops saw a kid with that black wiimote they'd have to shoot the kid. shame on the parents for:
A) zero gun safety! lock up your guns!
B) zero toy safety. don't buy things that look like guns!

Wait what?

First, what is a 3 year old girl doing unsupervised.

2nd, Why would she have a Wii Gun controler? She's barely 3 years old and the father already bought her resident evil or some such?

3rd, Why would the father leave a handgun in front of his daughter?

4th, Why would she aim at herself with a gun? even a toy gun?

5th, What the FAWK has the father to say about all this?

6th, Not-Amazingly, everyone will now bash Wii for this.

7th, A 3 year old girl, will not even be able of aiming a gun at itself. It should weigh too much in my opinion, She wouldn't even be able to aim and shoot it.

8th, All in all, God bless America.

From Argentina, Cheers;
Niker

While I do not disagree that the Wii controller looks like a gun, but he only has himself to blame. Because who the heck leaves a loaded gun with toddler around? He even leaves it where the toddler can have easy access to it. He is probably just one of those looking for compensation for own mistakes.

How about they stop making guns that look like game controllers? How about that?

Fucking idiots.

No offense but a gun in the reaches of a 3 year???????????

is that stepfather that retarded.

The controller was painted black and it looks like it was modified a little to resemble a real handgun. I cannot believe people actually blame Nintendo for this. Even a 3 year old has the ability to differentiate between objects. Even I had to take a second look.

Neat. C:

...Tragic
(Opening bomb bay doors)

What the F does he think he is doing leaving his F'ing gun laying on the F'ing table so then his three year (Censered) can pick it up and F'ing off herself. didn't you hear of F'ing gun locks!?!?!

(F bombs dropped. closeing bomb bay doors and returning to base)

*sigh*

As a responsible firearms owner, I have to say, this guy was an idiot. Never leave a loaded firearm unattended. Especially with children in the house.

Most kids at that age can't tell the diffrence between a toy gun and a real gun. I do agree that was the parents fault for puting a gun in a place where a 3 year old can reach it.

I do feel sorry for the man's lost of his child.

FAIL
What I can't believe is that everyone seems to so easily credit the girl with being so unimaginably stupid as to shoot herself in the abdomen with a Wii remote to begin with. Mistaking a gun for a remote is not too bright, either, but I guess since she's three that's on the borderline of credibility.
But yeah, the dude probably shot her. Morons, all of those people.

there is only one Wii Pistol grip that looks like and actual gun and its White and blue

Has anyone thought that the gun is made out of STEEL and is a bit too heavy for a 3 year old to lift and even shoot with it?

Where's the wife they should watch their kids in that incident.

I heard about this and was wondering how was the controller mistaken for a gun, now I see that it's a third party gun accessory that actually looks like a actual gun. The accessory comes from a company called HAIHONGCHANG Electronics Company Limited. If anyone is getting in trouble it could be the step father.

I never played a Wii game where I had to aim at myself. The fault is entirely on the dead little bitch for being a shitty gamer. I hope she burns in shovelware hell.

That's a pretty stupid five-year old.

Oh, she was 3 years old.

Well, I still think she was a bit slow. Not her of course, and I'd say it's 50/50 whether it's the father, forgetting something for a moment happens to important things as well (of course I'm IQ 145 so I probably have too high expectations of 3-5 year olds).

The media definitely sux though, blaming it partly at least on videogames.

She can have my gun and shoot it if you get what i mean.

who leaves a loaded gun on the table without the safty on? First thing i learned in the army was if your not going to shot have your safe on so u don't shot someone your not suppose to...

i Just love darwin and how he is exspacially working in the USA

Let me guess...they're going to make a law that forces nintendo to redesign controllers and not pass a law that takes guns away from dumb rednecks, forces them to use gunlocks and guncases, and completely ignore how this idiot left his pistol out.

Want Wii controller looks like that the ones I have seen are all white

I don't want to get on the wii or anything but I thought toy guns were required to be brightly colored. That's why the guncon was painted light gray with an orange tip.

I feel so bad for the innocent little girl. Screw the noise about the gun looking like a controller. This is all about her father. Growing up, we always had guns in the house with four kids. But they were very strictly controlled and only came out for target practice. They were NEVER left out or stored where they could be accessed by kids, much less left out loaded with live ammo. I was taught gun safety and started shooting at 12 years old - but there was never one second when I was unsupervised and understood from the beginning that shooting was a very serious matter. Obviously, this was not the case with this irresponsible moron, who shouldn't be allowed to have children or a gun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSu0BwjYt2A
^I suppose that's also a video game's fault >.>

I mistook the nintendoscope with a real bazooka once...

Blame not the Wii...Blame the father's idiocy for leaving dangerous weapons within a child's reach...

Then again, the media and ignorant people won't listen to this since they cannot face the reality of things...

Fuck yes more results of todays stupid fucking parenting skills at hand.

The Wii is not to blame here instead poor gun safety is to blame.

He should have never set the weapon down where a child could reach it while it was cocked and the safety was off as well.
Before setting it down the safety should have been set or better yet the clip removed and any chambered ammunition removed.

The gun manufacture also should make sure the trigger requires too much force for a young child to easily fire.

Also why use a real gun to chase off dogs a BB gun or even some fireworks often will do the job just fine.

ready....set....go Jack Thompson

My Question Again As With Every Time This Sort Of Thing Happens Is: Why the f*** is it still possible to have guns just lying around? loaded or not, hand guns SHOULD be banned, and hunting rifles etc. should have to be kept in a locked gun cupboard seperate from the bolt. if that was the case, almost all school shootings and things like this could be avoided, and street shooting or deaths during robberies would be reduced, even if only slightly. God bless America and her archaic gun laws.........

You'll be seeing nintendo giving a warning for this in thier games next. "please remember this is ONLY a remote for the entertainment of playing the game"

I'm just glad this wasn't done with an officially-licensed Nintendo product. The fake gun in question is definitely third-party.

Oh my.

I do not understand. They claim that she learned how to use the gun from playing a Wii game. In that case, should she not have shot the screen, rather than herself when playing with the weapon? That is how you would point the Wiimote is it not?

"Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this case is how easily mentioning video games in conjunction with a child’s death apparently deflects all media attention away from the stepfather’s decision to leave a loaded pistol within reach of an unsupervised 3-year-old child."

Actually the sheriff Terry Ashe said: "The big message we're trying to tell parents is if you've got a gun, put it up, especially if you have children." Which is basically what you are complaining of. Seriously, what's up with this unlimited wish for Sankaku to try to create unecessary polemics by crippling the news until it fits your biased opinion?

By the way, just one of the multiple sources you could have searched for to find this:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/03/09/2010-03-09_3yearold_accidentally_kills_self_with_dads_gun_thought_it_was_a_wii_game_control.html

its the step father's fault. he left his loaded gun in the living room. how stupid of him.

Isn't it common sense not to leave a dangerous, ready-to-fire weapon around a young and curious child without knowledge of such things?

from the famous comedian George Carlin:
"You see now they're thinking about banning toy guns, and they're going to keep the fucking real ones!" enough said~

I just have to know, what parent lets their child play a Wii game that something that "looks" so much like a real gun? Whatever it is, it can't be rated "E - For Everyone"

"Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this case is how easily mentioning video games in conjunction with a child’s death apparently deflects all media attention away from the stepfather’s decision to leave a loaded pistol within reach of an unsupervised 3-year-old child."

As true as it is said, what's next waterguns being confused with guns?

I do believe a real gun's trigger takes more than a 3years old to pull. But what her father is pulling is suspiciously irritating.

Maybe a gang father want to let go of a burden?

Sad to here something like this. My condolences to the little girl family and friends.

isn't it possible that the gun was still on the table pointing at the girl, and when the girl wanted to take the the gun she pulled the trigger?

Blame the stephfather:
-Children from 3 don't have to play shooter games, but disney games or something simular were they can learn from.
-Store the gun SAFE out of reach for children.
-When he wanted to scare away the dogs or whatever, isn't he supposed to take the gun with him?
-Only buy official stuff and no rip-offs

There is no WII GUN that looks like that. The father must have modded his Controller to look that way. You can google Wii Guns right now and you will not find one gun that looks like that unless the owner modded it himself. Therefore the father should be arrested for leaving a loaded hand gun on the LIVING room table NEXT to a play gun. His fault.

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA FAKKEN WII-TARDS!!!

The father's different stories raise a red flag immediately. He probably shot his daughter.

Even if he didn't he's the one that left a loaded pistol out around a child. He is responsible either way.

Maybe the article is alluding the the "Wii Zapper" which is more weapon shaped. Even then I highly doubt any child would confuse a white object for a black one, but who knows. Here's hoping the real truth comes out.

It's simple. Parent(s) played the stupid card, left a real gun out. Daughter didn't know which was real or not, played with it and shot her self. Then parent(s) along with a lawyer try to milk whatever they possibly can out of/for their own stupidity/carelessness by blaming video games/toy.

Uhm....What kinda fucking WII GUN looks like that? You can google it all you want and you'll only find MODS that make the Wii Guns look like Guns. I think the father actually shot the child for being a stupid kid or something. If any charges are made against Nintendo for making their controllers look "realistic" That's such BS cause no WII GUN looks like that.

It really is a tragic case of inbreeding. I was watching the headline on TV looked over to my father and said I bet they live in a trailer, and I look back to the television to see... lo and behold... A TRAILER!!! Its ignorant garbage like these "people" that cant accept the fact it was their own damn fault that their child is dead. I quite literally KNOW individuals in prison that are FAR better suited to raise children than these prawns. Yes, I used that derogatory term from District 9.

fucking USA and all Lands where Guns are so FREE to have...

That thing looks like a flare gun, not a .380 handgun. All at fault is the step-dad for his negligence.

I guess this is why American light guns are either clear or a color not associated with a real gun (white, orange, other odd color) and generally has a orange barrel or a orange tip on the barrel.

One of the worst daddy right there,it's clearly his fault why the girl died, and he blame an instrument for family entertainment. (Which why someone mistook it for a gun is beyond my comprehension,maybe i'm a retard, so i don't know.)

No.

This man should be charged with negligence at the least. He left a loaded fucking gun on his table. What if his daughter had had a cap gun? Does that make the death the cap gun manufacturer's fault?

No, it belongs to the stupid fuck who left a loaded handgun where a three-year-old girl could get to it with absurd ease. This is not the gaming industry's fault, nor the gun manufacturer's fault.

It's the stepfathers. The fact he hasn't killed himself or turned himself into police and is instead trying to pass things off as the Wii's fault speaks volumes about his character.

anybody find it strange that the girl was shot in the abdomen. last i checked, theres no game out there thats required you to shoot yourself. i mean i could understand if through the head cuz many kids do that as pretend or maybe shooting something else. but her abdomen area?... hmm.....

There's two sides to every story I tried to kill myself once but instead of a gun i used a wii-mote. it save my life.

too many of you are deciding, probably without ever having handled very many guns, if at all, that it's "impossible" for a child that age to pull the trigger. If it was a 1911 or a Star BM (both fairly heavy pistols) I could see where a child would have a hard time pulling the trigger. But the image above shows a small, compact pocket pistol, meant specifically for self defense. A gun of this type not only has little to no safety mechanisms, but they have hair triggers.

The trigger can be pulled easily and quickly, giving the user the ability to quickly dispatch his attacker.

Plain and simple, it is, in fact, possible for a small child to fire even the largest of rifles, and especially a small pistol like the one in the photo.

I'm ashamed of my self, I actually laughed when I read this.

Geez, vidogame blamings surely gets easier from time to time...

Most people been through this so many times before and yet some are so stupid to realize that the blame lies with someone else than a darn video game!

Did anyone stop to ask how a 3-year old could generate the torque necessary to pull the trigger on a double-action automatic pistol WHILE pointing it at your abdomen?

Not saying that it's impossible, but at the very best, it's unlikely.

Possibly, the step-father had fired the pistol before leaving it on the table, hammer up, safety off, and round chambered. Given this, the child may have been able to shoot herself.

The more important question is: did they autopsy the victim and confirm cordite was present on her hand(s)?

From my perspective, it looks a bit more like manslaughter/murder than a firearms accident.

Another case of natural selection

the stepfather is an idiot! nuff said

this is really stupid and typical of southerners who can't think about anything else than a gun. He clearly left the gun ON A LIVING ROOM TABLE where anyone could reach. If he's looking to blame something, he should blame himself for putting a gun in an area where kids are running around

First, what kind of person just leaves a loaded gun out in the open where a child can reach it?

Yes, maybe it did LOOK like a Wii controller, but a video game controller isn't a deadly weapon. A gun is. And when you leave a gun within reach of a child nothing good can come out of that.

Stuff like this has been happening before video games and it will keep happening until people learn to stop blaming videogames/toys/movies/WHATEVER smarten the fuck up.

(How many 3-year olds play video games? HOW MANY THREE YEAR OLDS ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY SHOOTERS?!)

That just sux

I could imagine the things that went on in the guy's head: Oh no my step daught just shot herself with my gun! I know! To avoid charges I'll blame wii for having a controller similiar to a gun! Yeah that'll get media to take my side!

If the trigger on handguns is as difficult to pull as in rifles ( the ones I've tried ), then no way could 3-y old pulled it. Anyways, don't blame Wii for your lack of supervision.

Funny story.

Hopefully Nintendo will have to pay, because I hate their guts.

I'm surprised that there's no suspicion falling onto the father in the comments for more than just negligence. I, for one, find it a more reasonable explanation that he shot his step-daughter than that a 3-year-old managed to shoot themselves with a loaded pistol conveniently left within reach, and that said toddler thought it was a wii-mote.

At the very least the possibility of murder isn't something I discount based on the claims of the suspect.

wow cool

As soon as i read USA in the tags, I wasn't surprised one bit.

I didn't know there were Wii controllers that looked like guns. The ones I usually see look like a white remote and not a gun. If you look at it closly it looks like it was modified to look like a gun and there is black tape on it.

ten years ago and the media would have blamed the father for leaving a loaded gun inside the reach of a child.

now... they blame nintendo.

"When he returned, he claims he left the loaded gun on a living room table."
He left a loaded gun(!) on a living room table, in the reach of EVERYONE.
How can you be so stupid?

I call shenanigans. To pull the trigger in the opposite direction while the gun is facing your stomach, even while mistaking the gun for a wii remote, is very very unlikely.

As a video gamer this makes me sad that the media will jump all over this and condemn the entire video game industry

But as someone who has very little love for the wii...

Guns. They are SRS BSNS.

Well looking at the picture at the top, it took me a few mins to figure out which was the toy gun.