Girl Killed in Wii remote Mix Up

stripysocks85 · 09-03-2010 06:51PM #1

A girl has been killed after picking up a loaded gun, apparently mistaking it for a Wii Remote gun-style controller.
Three year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan from Wilson County Tennessee died from a single self-inflicted shot to the abdomen from a .380 calibre semi-automatic pistol. The loaded firearm had been left on the coffee table in the living room of the girl’s house, after her stepfather thought he had heard a prowler outside.
According to the child’s mother, Cheyenne had been playing a Wii game that uses a gun peripheral - not one manufactured or approved by Nintendo (seen in the picture, underneath the handgun used in the shooting) - shortly before the accident occurred. The youngster was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe is investigating the case, although has not yet brought any charges relating to this tragic incident.

http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/blog/article/8388/

I ask you, what in the name of Jesus was he thinking leaving the gun on the table?

Also, the kid shouldn't have been playing computer games with guns at that age - take notice parents!!!

Very sad though. Freak accident. They'll never forgive themselves [the parents].

OutlawPete · 09-03-2010 06:53PM

The one time I can think of a good pun and it is wholly inappropriate .. ah s***

Dunjohn · 09-03-2010 06:55PM

Yes, very sad accident, and anybody who tries to blame this on violent computer games (and somebody will) is an ass.

Fizman · 09-03-2010 06:56PM

Very sad.

I'd put money on the stepfathers name being Cleetus.

Xluna · 09-03-2010 06:57PM

Dunjohn wrote: »

Yes, very sad accident, and anybody who tries to blame this on violent computer games (and somebody will) is an ass.

Damn you beat me to it.

smythwicks · 09-03-2010 06:57PM

Very tragic
Stupid father!

alwaysadub · 09-03-2010 07:00PM

Hopefully charges will be brought.
Who the fcuk leaves a loaded gun on the table,specially with small kids around

Cheap Thrills! · 09-03-2010 07:07PM

...if I was going outside to investigate a prowler I'd bring the loaded gun with me....wouldn't leave it on the coffee table with a 3 year old in the house....

carrolls · 09-03-2010 07:09PM

Well Charlton Heston got his wish. Although someone elses cold dead hands.

stripysocks85 · 09-03-2010 07:14PM

Dunjohn wrote: »

Yes, very sad accident, and anybody who tries to blame this on violent computer games (and somebody will) is an ass.

I disagree, particularly if you're attempting to make a jibe at my comment.

Computer games, particularly violent ones, can be very influential on a young child. I know this for a fact.

Young children are like sponges and do not have an immediate knowledge of what is wrong or right. Therefore, they look at what is around them and what other people do - this is how they learn.

If they see somebody fighting, shooting etc are they to blame when they grow up with such an attitude towards violence?

In a different example, children to grow up with certain phrases, ways of doing things, likes/dislikes in music according to their social surroundings in their home. It makes sense to conclude that it is similar with the case of violence.

JohnNightmare · 09-03-2010 07:24PM

in which case the perents are still to blame for letting the young girl play such games or even let her watch people play such games.

either way, it is the fathers/mothers fault for leaving the gun where their child could get it and should be sent to jail and never allowed to live it down.

hitlersson666 · 09-03-2010 07:24PM

Yeah but she did'nintendon the child mistaking the remote for the gun :rolleyes:

Dunjohn · 09-03-2010 07:25PM

stripysocks85 wrote: »

I disagree, particularly if you're attempting to make a jibe at my comment.

Nah, I wasn't jibing at all. Violent computer games weren't to blame for this girl's death, her idiotic father was. And I likewise wouldn't let a kid that age play a game like this, especially using a realistic gun peripheral like that. Seriously, that alone is plain sick. I fully agree with you.

But as somebody who does play computer games and has for years without ever killing anybody, I also know that certain narrow quarters will take any chance they get to blame an incident like this on "video nasties." A case like this could easily be twisted into a call to ban violent games entirely.

stripysocks85 · 09-03-2010 07:29PM

JohnNightmare wrote: »

in which case the perents are still to blame for letting the young girl play such games or even let her watch people play such games.

either way, it is the fathers/mothers fault for leaving the gun where their child could get it and should be sent to jail and never allowed to live it down.

I agree.

stripysocks85 · 09-03-2010 07:30PM

Dunjohn wrote: »

Nah, I wasn't jibing at all. Violent computer games weren't to blame for this girl's death, her idiotic father was. And I likewise wouldn't let a kid that age play a game like this, especially using a realistic gun peripheral like that. Seriously, that alone is plain sick. I fully agree with you.

But as somebody who does play computer games and has for years without ever killing anybody, I also know that certain narrow quarters will take any chance they get to blame an incident like this on "video nasties." A case like this could easily be twisted into a call to ban violent games entirely.

I agree. Similarly, I've played computer games, watched films etc that I maybe shouldn't have, but some people ARE more easily influenced.

landsleaving · 09-03-2010 07:30PM

Violent games aren't a big deal, I've played them since I was a kid and I turned out fine.

And if anyone says any different then I'll kill you with my chainsaw gun. Or jump on your head.

drunkmonkey · 09-03-2010 07:32PM

stripysocks85 wrote: »

Computer games, particularly violent ones, can be very influential on a young child. I know this for a fact.

that's complete bollix, i've been playing violent computer games since I was a kid and i've never shot anyone or anything, yet I have access to a gun.
Some people are just wrong in the head, that's a fact.

Manic Moran · 09-03-2010 07:34PM

it is the fathers/mothers fault for leaving the gun where their child could get it and should be sent to jail and never allowed to live it down.

They've just lost their daughter. What is a jail sentence going to do for them or for society?

But as somebody who does play computer games and has for years without ever killing anybody, I also know that certain narrow quarters will take any chance they get to blame an incident like this on "video nasties." A case like this could easily be twisted into a call to ban violent games entirely.

That's OK, I've played with guns for years without killing anybody (at least, not that I wasn't trying to kill), and I've played computer games for years. I can have both the anti-gun and the anti-computer-game lobbies coming after my interests!

NTM

amacachi · 09-03-2010 07:35PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

that's complete bollix, i've been playing violent computer games since I was a kid and i've never shot anyone or anything, yet I have access to a gun.
Some people are just wrong in the head, that's a fact.

Aye, them three year olds are mental.

JohnNightmare · 09-03-2010 07:35PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

that's complete bollix, i've been playing violent computer games since I was a kid and i've never shot anyone or anything, yet I have access to a gun.
Some people are just wrong in the head, that's a fact.

in fairness they said "CAN" NOT ARE:)

Herb Powell · 09-03-2010 07:35PM

landsleaving wrote: »

Violent games aren't a big deal, I've played them since I was a kid and I turned out fine.

And if anyone says any different then I'll kill you with my chainsaw gun. Or jump on your head.

bull****, I'll respawn

JohnNightmare · 09-03-2010 07:37PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

They've just lost their daughter. What is a jail sentence going to do for them or for society?

That's OK, I've played with guns for years without killing anybody (at least, not that I wasn't trying to kill), and I've played computer games for years. I can have both the anti-gun and the anti-computer-game lobbies coming after my interests!

NTM

so what are you saying? let the mother/father off? crazy crazy crazy

hitlersson666 · 09-03-2010 07:40PM

See leaving your child play house of the dead does have its affects :rolleyes:

wolfpawnat · 09-03-2010 07:45PM

What about the biological father, he will surely be gutted. It was a step father caused it!

And yes, having a gun on the table even if licenced is illegal, they are supposed to be locked in gun case!

smellslikeshoes · 09-03-2010 07:46PM

I dislike the way that the wii angle is brought into this, it almost seems like the wii is having some of the blame put on it. The idiot father left a loaded gun on a table where a child could get it, the fact that the child thought it was a wii gun is irrelevant.

MementoMori · 09-03-2010 07:46PM

I blame the father for bringing a gun into the house and then carelessly leaving it lying around a hell of a lot more than I would blame "computer games".

Have very little in the way of sympathy for the parents, given the fact that if you bring a gun into a house you have to be aware that no matter how careful you are, there is always a chance of someone getting shot with it.

Gulliver · 09-03-2010 07:50PM

Never having fired a real handgun myself - how much pressure does it require to pull the trigger? Could a three year old actually do it?

I just remember having a go with a shotgun at a clay shoot and IIRC the trigger gave more resistance than I believe a child of that age could apply.

Catari Jaguar · 09-03-2010 07:51PM

stripysocks85 wrote: »

I disagree, particularly if you're attempting to make a jibe at my comment.

Computer games, particularly violent ones, can be very influential on a young child. I know this for a fact.

Young children are like sponges and do not have an immediate knowledge of what is wrong or right. Therefore, they look at what is around them and what other people do - this is how they learn.

If they see somebody fighting, shooting etc are they to blame when they grow up with such an attitude towards violence?

In a different example, children to grow up with certain phrases, ways of doing things, likes/dislikes in music according to their social surroundings in their home. It makes sense to conclude that it is similar with the case of violence.

Hmm if only they'd put ratings on video games so that parents would know what they're subjecting their kids to. Oh right, they DO! You wouldn't take a 3 year old to see an 18s in the cinema, so don't let them play an 18s game.

It's the idiots that are responsible, not the games.

MementoMori · 09-03-2010 07:53PM

Gulliver wrote: »

Never having fired a real handgun myself - how much pressure does it require to pull the trigger? Could a three year old actually do it?

I just remember having a go with a shotgun at a clay shoot and IIRC the trigger gave more resistance than I believe a child of that age could apply.

Three-year old could easily do it. Doesn't require that much actual strength.
I speak with the experience of having both used handguns and having extensive dealings with three-year olds.

alwaysadub · 09-03-2010 08:03PM

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

I dislike the way that the wii angle is brought into this, it almost seems like the wii is having some of the blame put on it. The idiot father left a loaded gun on a table where a child could get it, the fact that the child thought it was a wii gun is irrelevant.

Well, if anything, it should have made the father realise even more that the child might pick up the gun. (But obviously he is an idiot)
I don't leave my phone lying about when my niece is about cos she loves playing with her toy phone and is too young to understand the difference..

mikom · 09-03-2010 08:05PM

MementoMori wrote: »

I speak with the experience of having both used handguns and having extensive dealings with three-year olds.

That sounds so dodge.

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