http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/25/us/louisiana-boy-kills-grandmother/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I will highlight the interesting bits in
BOLDSTORY HIGHLIGHTS
The victim was 87, public records show
The gun belonged to the caregiver, two CNN affiliates report
The boy won't face charges because he is
younger than 10The video game maker rejects any suggestion its game might have sparked killing
(CNN) -- An
8-year-old Louisiana boy intentionally shot and killed his elderly caregiver after playing a violent video game, authorities say.
Marie
Smothers was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head in a mobile home park in
Slaughter, Louisiana, the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Department said in a prepared statement. Slaughter is about 20 miles north of Baton Rouge.
Now, I don't believe that video games cause any of this shit any more than I think Heavy Metal is the cause of teenage suicides, but if you are the kind of family that
- lives in a trailer park in a town called Slaughter
- 20 miles from a town whose French name translates to "red club"
- your last name is a euphemism for killing
- you let your 8 year old play GTA
- and you own a gun
KEEP IT LOCKED IN THE CABINET.
Again, causation is up for debate, but an ounce of prevention,
JUST IN CASE SOME OF THESE ITEMS MAY HAVE SOME SMALL CONNECTION with gun violence, it worth a pound of cure.
And apparently this is the solution, which makes me understand why no one should vote Democrat:
""
Vice President Joe Biden, who is heading an inquiry into the causes of gun violence, has floated the idea of taxing violent games and sending proceeds to help victims and their families, Forbes.com reported.""
I don't think I have ever heard of anything so stupid.