14 Year Old Murders Mother After She Takes His Call of Duty Game Away

[Johnnypenso]

The part about attempting to rape his Mom is the most shocking part for me. His lawyer is claiming he had IED, a new acronym for what we used to called "spoiled" when I was a kid.

Maybe these kids had IED too...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/05/us/utah-soccer-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

Man, after reading this. It just sickens me. RIP to his mother.

And this isn't a gun's fault nor COD, but these idiots are going to use both of these topics in a ban attempt again.

I have played GTA since the 2D GTAs since I was 9 years old and been playing the most controversial game ever made by R* and I turned out right. Everybody saying GTA turns you into a sociopathic killer and brings grief to society. Have any of us killed people and joined gangs? Of course not!

Along with GTA, I also played tactical games like SF or MGS. But these games got me into researching and getting interested with guns, knives and hand to hand combat. Then reading more about the different topics on the military, anti-terrorist groups and different agencies that exist in real life that were in the games. Not to cause chaos and build robotic machines and/or create a deadly virus, both which are WMD!

 

[cphbullet]

What makes it all the worse is that call of duty isn't even good anymore!

Does anyone else think the kid kinda looks like the serial killer type?

 

[Johnnypenso]

What makes it all the worse is that call of duty isn't even good anymore!

Does anyone else think the kid kinda looks like the serial killer type?

I find all of these killers look like killers after the fact. Even Jodi Arias...lol.

 

[Wolfe]

If the media starts a massive war over guns and video games and such over this, I'll just have to start puking.

"Starts"? This is just fuel on the fire; it's not even done burning what it's got.

 

[KinLM]

"Starts"? This is just fuel on the fire; it's not even done burning what it's got.

You know what I meant. My point is that they're gonna use this all to just increase all this arguing and bickering.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

If the media starts a massive war over guns and video games and such over this, I'll just have to start puking.

I think Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik put it best:

I’ve gone into my son’s school to teach cartooning since he was in Kindergarten. He’s in second grade now and it’s still something I look forward to every year. I really love working with kids and teaching art. It usually ends up making for some good Penny Arcade comics too.

Aside from me calling some dude on the phone, today’s comic strip is completely true. It really shocked me that this little girl who could not have been more than 7 or 8 was asking me to draw the ****ing Slender Man. It got me thinking about these kid’s parents and just how much they know about the games their kids are playing. I don’t think that we need less sex and violence in games. What I think we need are parents who are better educated about games and pay closer attention to what their kids are playing.

My first reaction when I see something like the Katie Couric special or the NRA rant against games is to get pissed off. When I hear stories about a kid playing a game for 72 hours straight I don’t want to ban violent games, I want to ban parents who don’t give a **** what their kid is doing for three ****ing days. I want to scream at parents who let their eight year olds play Gears of War and Call of Duty on XBOX Live. That’s not especially productive though and so I started trying to figure out what I can actually do to solve the problem. As a parent and someone who is extremely plugged into the video game scene how can I help? What I decided to do was send an email to the PTA at my son’s school and ask if I could set up a parent education night.

What I proposed is a hour long session in which I would teach parents about the ESRB rating system but that’s just the beginning. I would also talk about the games I know their kids are playing and the games they want to play. I’d talk about Minecraft and what sorts of things playing on a public server might expose them to. Hell I bet lots of them don’t even understand the concept of a public server. I can tell them How Xbox live works and what their kids might be hearing when they have that headset on. I’d talk about games that are great to play WITH your kids and maybe even give some ideas for games that they as adults might enjoy. Listen I understand that being a parent is hard. Sometimes you just don’t have all the info and maybe you don’t know how to find it. Well in this one specific instance I can help.

So I decided that my way of doing something is to educate. The PTA got back to me and they like the idea. We’re working out the details now and I’m really excited. Maybe I can help some parents understand games better and possibly even connect with their kids in a new way.

 

[arora]

Parents often do not have a chance to raise their kids, the pressures to provide comes to mind. Of course I'll bring up one of my montras and state marriage with the mother at home is a start.

I have a large shield, flame away

 

[prisonermonkeys]

That's no excuse for having no awareness of what your child is doing. I'm not sure exactly how it works elsewhere, but here, underage children need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian when purchasing a game with a certain rating. I was in JB HI-FI the other day when I overheard one of the staff members torn between trying to encourage a kid to buy a game based on the experience, but also warning the parent of the content within.

 

[arora]

I'd think you would like that excuse, seeing as how that excuses teachers to step in and over step their bounds and all that jazz...

 

[Famine]

Parents often do not have a chance to raise their kids, the pressures to provide comes to mind. Of course I'll bring up one of my montras and state marriage with the mother at home is a start.

I have a large shield, flame away

Pfft. How many mums even play games, much less know anything about them?

Odd, since most of the "gamers" I encounter online seem to know everything about her (except, curiously, that she's been dead nearly 20 years).

 

[arora]

Well, I raised two kids and I knew as much as I could about everything they did, you know because I actually love my children.

I would not expect a stereo typical mom to understand video games, but if she has the time and care I'm sure she can learn right along with the kids.

 

[Famine]

Yeah, but dads are better at it. So it should be stay at home dads, playing video games for the good of their children.

Why yes I am playing Skyrim in my underpants while drinking my second coffee of the day. It's for my girls, you know. Dad of the year.

 

[Hei]

That made my night.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I'd think you would like that excuse, seeing as how that excuses teachers to step in and over step their bounds and all that jazz...

I don't know any teachers who want to be or try to be a surrogate parent. That's not out place, and we don't try to fill that gap.

 

[arora]

You have a point though.

EDIT: too slow of a response to Famine

 

[Sureboss]

Pfft. How many mums even play games, much less know anything about them?

Odd, since most of the "gamers" I encounter online seem to know everything about her (except, curiously, that she's been dead nearly 20 years).

You've been playing COD with Sylvie Browne?

 

[Bobert power]

COD makes me mad, but not "I'm gonna kill my mom" kind of way (No where near that). He uses ADD as an excuse?!? (I hate my generation)

 

[Submerged]

The one thing I don't get is how did a 13 year old overpower a 37 year old female? I assume from the article that he shot the mother first then attempted the rape act.

Unless he just shot her cold blooded and decided to create a scene to plead insanity so he doesn't actually get tried in court.

Still... killing your mother? That's just sad and depressing.

 

[Rich S]

The one thing I don't get is how did a 13 year old overpower a 37 year old female?

He had a gun that she gifted him as a present. It looks like he'll be in Juvie until he's 18. Pretty minor penalty for killing a fairly young person (37). Mom probably had a good 40 years left in her. I really think the irony of the crime helped lead to a relatively light sentence, some of the Jurors wanted not guilty by the length the their deliberation.

 

[braunracing88]

Welcome to what American society has degenerated into thanks to that blasted 2nd Amendment.

 

[Famine]

Welcome to what American society has degenerated into thanks to that blasted 2nd Amendment.

Wow. Really? Wow.

That is what you take from the story? The 2nd Amendment is to blame for a spoiled teenager killing and attempting to rape one of his parents following a punishment for poor behaviour? You read all that and think "well obviously it's the gun's fault"? Good job he didn't lurk in the shadows and ram a knife through her chest, or your castle in the sand would be somewhere around ankle level right about now.

You know the 2nd Amendment's protected your 1st Amendment rights for 220 years, right?

 

[Chrunch Houston]

Welcome to what American society has degenerated into thanks to that blasted 2nd Amendment.

Wow so ignorant. Given that you are from Michigan though, I guess it really isn't your fault.

Damn teacher's union!

 

[Inferno251]

I'm currently doing an assignment where we have to discuss an ethical or social issue in IT of our choice, so I decided to do research on video games and the ethical/social issues associated with them. Upon researching, it's immediate on the media's intent to blame the violence simulated in a game such as Call of Duty for encouraging the boy to commit the act . Sorry, but correlation does not imply causation-just because you kill someone in Call of Duty or any other first-person shooter of that matter, does not mean you will do it in real life
This is similar to the case of Adam Lanza-a.k.a Sandy Hook. British tabloids (not to offend anyone) accused Call of Duty for helping him plan out his mass murder at the elementary school, with one example was when The Sun released a newspaper article entitled "Killer's Call of Duty Obsession."

 

[DK]

Don't worry about "offending" Britons on this forum when you show the tabloids as the fearmongering arseholes that they are...especially if that tabloid is involved with Piers Morgan.

 

[PeterJB]

In situations like this people always try to put blame on something other than the person who committed the crime, something I've never understood.

 

[Inferno251]

Don't worry about "offending" Britons on this forum when you show the tabloids as the fearmongering arseholes that they are...especially if that tabloid is involved with Piers Morgan.

Duly noted thanks.

On a sidenote, in my assignment I'm also looking at the criticisms made against Gran Turismo for encouraging people to speed and drive recklessly-most notably this: https://www.gtplanet.net/government-study-slams-gran-turismo-top-gear/

 

[braunracing88]

Wow so ignorant. Given that you are from Michigan though, I guess it really isn't your fault.

Damn teacher's union!

I only blast how vaguely worded that amendment is and how easily warped and distorted it is. Anyone with a f:censored:ing brain in their skull would know that.

 

[Adamgp]

I only blast how vaguely worded that amendment is and how easily warped and distorted it is. Anyone with a f:censored:ing brain in their skull would know that.

 

[Joel]

Anyone with a f:censored:ing brain in their skull would know that.

"Shall not be infringed" is pretty clear.