kid kills himself trying to recreate Halo.

Why didn't he just use a airsoft gun or a paintball gun if he wanted to recreate halo. All I can say is what an idiot 

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How is it known that the kid was attempting to "recreate action from Halo"?

i dunno, MB, but that's pretty crazy. 

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I didn't find it funny at all, poor kid

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It's rarely "rofl" worthy when someone dies, especially a kid. But uh, where the hell did he get a rifle. And why was he able to take "the day off school for some Halo". Seems like a pretty tough reason to get by parents.

"Black_Rose said:

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I didn't find it funny at all, poor kid

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Well yeah poor kid but also I kinda laughed because parents will most likely blame the game even though it was their fault."

I still find real guns to be scary in a controlled context and I'm "an adult". 

EDIT: To elaborate on that, I don't think an 11 year old boy should be confident enough to mess around with a real gun.  Then again, I'm Canadian.

"It's rarely "rofl" worthy when someone dies, especially a kid. But uh, where the hell did he get a rifle. And why was he able to take "the day off school for some Halo". Seems like a pretty tough reason to get by parents."

This is amazing on so many levels....and downright embarassing on others.

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I didn't find it funny at all, poor kid

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This was on Gametrailers and the reply was (not from me) "Sounds like a late abortion to me"
It's obviously not just because of Halo.

"carpei said:

"It's rarely "rofl" worthy when someone dies, especially a kid. But uh, where the hell did he get a rifle. And why was he able to take "the day off school for some Halo". Seems like a pretty tough reason to get by parents."

The kid lived in Wisconsin, and the rifle was a .22.  It's not uncommon for boys to have rifles when they're young...my Dad gave me his .22 Marlin lever action rifle when I was around 8.  He got the rifle from his father when he was about the same age.  I kept that gun (unloaded) in my closet from the time I was 8 until the day I moved out of the house at 17.  I still have it.

This story has absolutely nothing to do with Halo, and everything to do with the failure of this kid's parents to teach him proper firearm safety.  It can be argued whether or not they should have allowed the kid to have unsupervised access to a firearm, but I had one when I was way younger than 11 and I never shot myself or anyone else, for that matter."

Same here my dad gave me a knife that his dad had given him at the same age although i was not allowed to even touch it with one of my parents near me till i was like 12.. I never used it.

At least he can't teabag himself

Okay.  The joke that was originally here was removed as a result of its deplorable taste.

Saw this on the news, very sad.

What retarded parents leaving guns lying around, and who the hell said it had anything to do with Halo? Did he colour the gun purple or something?

This is so guna be reported as if the game is at fault, and not shitty gun laws/bad parenting.

What fucking idiot parent leaves guns where their 11-year old can grab them, with ammo no less? That just pisses me off no end.

To have your child die is bad enough but to die in this kinda way makes it even harder.

He probably did that on purpose and waited to respawn.

j/k

the parents should be arrested for Gross Negligence

"What fucking idiot parent leaves guns where their 11-year old can grab them, with ammo no less? That just pisses me off no end."

He didn't recreate Halo very good, Master chief never shot himself in the head.

This is very sad but how did the kid even get a gun in the first place? I know that most kids aren't skiving off school to play around with guns and of course the parents should be held responsible for this kind of thing, but we all know that if this gets to mainstream media they'll blame the video game, I really hope that doesn't happen.

"How is it known that the kid was attempting to "recreate action from Halo"?"

This is exactly why the ESRB exists...dumb ass american kids...

I don't get why he chose to recreate the losing team.

hilarious, see god has a sense of humor after all, but on the real note who the fuck keeps a loaded rifle for an 11 year old to play with

I bet he was lagging like crazy.

americans and their gunz...sigh.

So... what exactly does this have to do with Halo? It sounds like an unattended kid got a hold of a gun and an unfortunate accident occurred. If there's a lawsuit over this, it better be dismissed.

Okay so we have a news story of negligent parents that the media apparently tried to link to a 5 year old game. Then we have kotaku, a videogame site, reporting it with the same slant. This is one of the reasons mainstream media gets away with what they do, if we make no attempt as gamers to present the truth about ourselves why would they? Just another example of the lazy 'reporting' that goes on over there.

There are a ton of cases of children shooting themself messing around with guns, long before vidjeo games.

Dumbass.

if only they had realised it was written to be taken in a literal sense.

"There are a ton of cases of children shooting themself messing around with guns, long before vidjeo games."

I have 3 questions, why wasn't he at school? Why did he play Halo? And why the hell did he have a rifle?

This is a clear example of poor parenting.

"HUGE FUCKING PICTURE"

"Meowayne said:

"HUGE FUCKING PICTURE"

The 2nd amendment doesn't kill people.  Irresponsibility does."

Not living in a America I have never fired a real gun before or even held one, and I hear that it is a big thing to own a gun and there alots of debates about if its right or not, and I want to ask why is there a need to own a gun?

"Not living in a America I have never fired a real gun before or even held one, and I hear that it is a big thing to own a gun and there alots of debates about if its right or not, and I want to ask why is there a need to own a gun?"

"Not living in a America I have never fired a real gun before or even held one, and I hear that it is a big thing to own a gun and there alots of debates about if its right or not, and I want to ask why is there a need to own a gun?"

@Teh_Eel: Most people get a gun to protect themselves against other people who have a gun... It's a continuous circle.

Well first of all where the F2ck did a 11 year old get a gun. Second of all why didnt people hear him shooting the gun(I dont know if he was shooting it or just holding it). As others have said use paint ball or airsoft. Never point a gun at yourself. Took the day off to play halo how did parents allow that. Why didnt he just play halo the video game?

"Vaxadrin said:

"Meowayne said:

"HUGE FUCKING PICTURE"

The 2nd amendment doesn't kill people.  Irresponsibility does."

sure but having hand guns within easy access is the issue. Irresponsibilty is guaranteed everywhere."