Friday, September 14th 2007
Parent Group Upset Over Wii Gun Controller
Some games for the Wii may not be so family-friendly after all: they require a gun-shaped controller to be played. This is getting parent groups extremely upset. Parent groups claim that this is a "bone-headed idea". Some extremists claim that the Wii gun controller will train kids to aim and shoot, which, according to them, will make them become killers and psychopaths. One "very concerned grandparent" even went as far to proclaim that an application to the NRA should be included with every gun-shaped controller.
A quick glance at the controller, which you can buy here, hardly makes it seem all that bad.
Source:
The Inquirer
A quick glance at the controller, which you can buy here, hardly makes it seem all that bad.
96 Comments on Parent Group Upset Over Wii Gun Controller
Alternatively you could loiter in any store that sells amunition, when someone buys shells you follow them home, wait until they leave after that and break in retreiving their weapon.
Most violent criminals are smart people who will go by any means neccisary to acheive their goals.
yeah it is possible for you regular joe to find a firearm from the streets but you'll be lucky not to get robbed looking for one I think... now when its through a connections connection elc than thats a different story.
thats how I see it though I havent just gone around trying to find a firearm much but when a friend did it was through connections.. guess you could make connections like that by socializing in bad areas lol.
if you have the connections, then you know someone. if you just walk up to someone on the street and ask them, they'll shoot you because they think you're a cop.
depending on how you look who you are elc you might find a firearm wandering the street.. buuy crack get to know peddy crack dealers (puppets). buy some crack off them for a month, they will find you a gun.. but yeah going around in the hood just randomly asking if anyone can hook you up with a gun wont get you one lol.. though I worked with some people who said just go up this street and you can get a gun.. though you'll most likey just wlak into a crackhead who will get you robbed :P
I get what your getting at now, yeah those people who say you can just go into the "hood" and find yourself a gun are prob wrong.. there are guns but non for some stranger to buy... woould be a super rare circumstance atleast in Canada.
Computer game violence is a good thing, it allows people to vent their frustrations onto a graphical medium rather than keeping it in and most likely snapping and going on a killing spree.
Should we have more violent and bloody games? Hell yes! I'm goddamned pissed off that Fallout 3 isn't going to have the whole child killing, drug dealing, alcohol rampaging stuff that made the Fallout world so dark and scary. (Also seems that most companies now have no balls)
Should we have tighter control on games? Yes, yes, oh god, yes. Why are violent games only M15+ or something? most of those kids are still affected by what MTV says and would take some burnt out crack ho's advice as holy writ.
Should shops and companies be blamed for "promoting violence"? No, not at all. Parents nowadays are about as useless as a condom machine in the Vatican. They keep blaming the media and games for their shoddy parenting. When I was a kid, my parents worked damned hard, in most cases, they worked faaaar longer days than almost all the whingers in those groups. I used to watch Robocop, Terminator, and a crapload more violent movies. I ain't a psychopath because 1) I'm wasn't screwed up from the start anyway. and 2) despite the fact that they didn't have much time on their hands, my parents still managed to bring me up well and teach me that real violence ain't good for you or anyone around you.
2. no
3. yes
I know at least 10 people who own/carry guns. me beign one of them. and I dont get the point your your fucking test.
chris
yeah so I think he was referrign that to someone who mentioned that "you can find guns on the street" but I havent gone back through the thread to check for sure :P
And if you walk up to a dealer on the street and ask directly, you deserve to be shot, for being a moron. You ask a connection to ask for you. If you grew up in, or are even just friends with people from the ghetto, you have a connection. I'm willing to bet most people have some sort of connection to the ghetto.
Lastly, what's the point of this test? This test in no way would prove that a real criminal would be unable to get a gun. And whether you want to admit it or not, it's very easy for a real criminal to get a gun. If we were to have no gun carrying rights, where would that leave the general populace in a country that already has plenty of illegal firearms floating around?
Gun control = fail, at least as far as the US is concerned.
The point is, that your point is moot.
5 days ? I could probably fine someone to sell me a gun in a day or less.
Private sales of firearms do not require background checks or registration.
If you are smart, however, you will get signed evidence of who bought the gun in case they in turn sell it and it is eventually used in a crime you have proof of sale.
The only thing gun control does it make it harder for law abiding citizens to purchase guns and ammo for legitimate uses (ie. hunting, personal protection). It does nothing to inhibit criminals from attaining them.
The saturday night specials are had by bad cops and criminals alike. Gun control is good. We have it. But as long as we have assholes that want to be criminally minded....and use a gun that is innocent of the crime(s)....well again what does your test prove?
By the way, this is for the Wii game controller, and for those assholes that want to try and say it creates a criminally minded person from childhood on up better think about it again and get a life,,,,try taking a area in life that needs policing or speaking out against.
What about the water guns...are they bad as well? It is f==king bullshit for these mundane people with no lives to keep trying to force people to live their boring mundane lives they are apparently unhappy living.
What they really need to do is come out of the closet and admit they game in private…with these controllers…….
Because this topic was about a Wii game controller in the shape of a gun, and those who were opposed to it sighting that it is creating a generation of future killers.....is just plain nonsense.
How does your test relate to the game controller and its effects on the children/ adults that will use them?
Will they seek out illegal Wii contraband in less than five days?:wtf:
If I were to be so bold as to post things as fact that I did not know or look up I would also be so bold as to call someone a lier who said otherwise.