Three-Year-Old Kills Herself With Game Controller-Shaped Gun

im not one for posting whole articles from Kotaku or any other site but god damn

 A three-year-old in Wilson County, Tennessee died Sunday evening after accidentally shooting herself in the abdomen with a weapon she may have mistaken for a plastic Wii facsimile.

At least that's how the news is being reported today in The Tennessean. Three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan had been playing a Nintendo Wii game in her living room using a gun-shaped controller which, according to the story, "looked very similar to the real handgun" her stepfather used to scare away dogs that were hanging about the family's home.

The child had been playing a Nintendo Wii video game, Ashe said. The game's controller was shaped like a gun that looked very similar to the real handgun, which her stepfather had put on a table in the living room. Ashe said the girl pulled the gun off the table and it went off.

My question is this: why is the Wii even mentioned in this article? Someone left a loaded handgun in reach of a three-year-old girl. That's the story here.

The fact that the child was playing with a Wii controller that looked like a real gun is a non-issue. This is a three-year-old we are talking about. Three-year-olds touch everything, regardless of whether or not it looks like something they were allowed to touch previously.

Not to mention the fact that most Wii gun controllers are either white and blue or Nerf-colored, neither of which are colors commonly found in handguns.

This story is horrible, unfortunate, and tragic, but the way that things are worded here make me wonder if there aren't pair of parents out there thinking that had they not let their child play that Wii game, she would still be alive today.

I don't think the majority of our readership needs clarification on this, but just in case, no - if her stepfather had not left a loaded weapon within reach of a curious three-year-old's hands, she would still be alive today.

Accidental shooting kills Wilson County child [The Tennessean] 

by Michael Fahey

Very, very stupid

I love how the press slip in a cheap shot at videogames. Who didn't see that coming? I hate the way they do that. A three year old shot themselves, and as you said, that's the story here. End of. But then the Wii was found in the house, and hey presto! The press can claim the Wii did it. Even though no Wii game tells you to shoot yourself. It was a tragic accident.

I love these "KILLER GAMES" stories because it always ends up being just really stupid people doing stupid things and there was a dead person 30feet away from a console.

Shot herself in the abdomen? Clearly a suicide. 
 
But seriously, poor kid. 
 
I blame video games. 
 
But seriously, why did that dude have a gun on the table? 
 
I blame gun laws. 
 
But seriously, some people are stupid.

now thats messed up

Just saw this as well...if the stepfather wasn't a complete idiot, leaving a loaded handgun within reach of a precocious three-year-old, she'd still be alive today. He has no one to blame but himself for this tragedy. I hope he gets what he deserves.

he left a loaded handgun on a table in his living room with his three year old daughter? dude what?

" meh  lol "

Natural selection strikes agian.

I was reading that on another site.  That's very sad.         :(

Why the fuck would you leave a gun just lying around the place. Stupid idiots.

BAN THE VIDYA GAEMS!  WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!!

I usually keep my weaponry with my weaponry-looking game accessories too.  Perfectly acceptable mistake.

Its been a while since the last game-related death

Surprised that the three year old had the strength to pull the triggers. Those are quite tough.

Handguns in da USA! 
\o/
 
"Used to scare away dogs". Yep. That's totally a reason to have a fucking gun in a household. What a joke.

 I blame video games.

Can somebody show me a picture of the controller? Unless somebody mistook the Wii for the Odyssey, I'm not buying it. And even then, you still have the right to punch the reporter in the face.

As usual, video game message boards go off the wall whenever they see stories like this.  Nothing about the original article as far as I can tell is meant to indict video games.  It's just a reason the sheriff gave for why the girl might have picked up the gun in the first place.  I doubt anyone blames anything for this tragedy other than the person leaving a loaded handgun within reach of a three year old.

who the crap leaves a loaded handgun next to a little girl? what the flip were they thinking? oh but its wii's fault so i guess that guy can sleep alright at night in his own bed and not...a cell.

"Hm, where should I leave my hand gun?"
"Oh on the table is fine, next to the remote."

"oh but its wii's fault so i guess that guy can sleep alright at night in his own bed and not...a cell. "

WHO THE FUCK HAS A LOADED GUN USED TO SCARE OFF DOGS!? If my dog got in my neighbors yard, and they shot at it I would kick their ass. This is the result of a fucked up father, and I hope he goes to jail for being an idiot. How do they know the girl thought it was a Wii-controller? She obviously didn't live to talk about her mistake.

ahhh fn news.

 There are no words to describe how stupid some people are.  

"

 There are no words to describe how stupid some people are.  

 There are no words to describe how stupid US gun laws are. "

Bad parenting at this best.

...So, not even the safety was on?

I read about this on Kotaku about an hour ago, I can't believe that the parent was stupid enough to leave a loaded hand gun around their three-year-old. This really is a tragedy.

"

 There are no words to describe how stupid some people are.  

 There are no words to describe how stupid people are."

" Handguns in da USA!  \o/  "Used to scare away dogs". Yep. That's totally a reason to have a fucking gun in a household. What a joke. "

" ...So, why wasn't even the safety on? "

I won't even leave the baby gate on my stairs open unattended for more than five seconds.
 
...a fucking loaded handgun? Really?!

I would also like to second a request for a picture of the handgun and the "gun shaped contoller" because...well..we all know how much the WII Zapper looks like a handgun.

Again, the dude left a loaded gun on the table, within reach of his child.
 
This has nothing to do with video games. It has everything to do with natural selection.

" I would also like to second a request for a picture of the handgun and the "gun shaped contoller" because...well..we all know how much the WII Zapper looks like a handgun. "

After looking at the picture.. 
 
what the hell? where do they make those  things? i've never seen a wii zapper that looked like that before 

" @EvilTwin: I don't know if you know about the news. But they don't report on anything unless it has an underlying political message that supports their own. And if doesn't they will make it look like there is one. "

She probably couldn't bare to live another day with parents that stupid.

 Gun deaths per 100,000 population (for the year indicated):  

" WHO THE FUCK HAS A LOADED GUN USED TO SCARE OFF DOGS!? If my dog got in my neighbors yard, and they shot at it I would kick their ass. This is the result of a fucked up father, and I hope he goes to jail for being an idiot. How do they know the girl thought it was a Wii-controller? She obviously didn't live to talk about her mistake. "

I hate video games, they make people shoot themselves.

 which her stepfather had put on a table in the living room    

this is why stupid people should not be in possession of guns. 

" Handguns in da USA!  \o/  "Used to scare away dogs". Yep. That's totally a reason to have a fucking gun in a household. What a joke. "