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Hayabusa

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23. Same here.

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 07:59 PM

Aug 2013

I play GTA, I also play Mortal Kombat, Team Fortress 2 and Doom. I have been playing them from a youing age, mainly because my mom felt confident that I knew that it was just fantasy: pixels and special effects.

Thing is, however, a lot of people see video games as strictly kids fare, despite the fact that a lot of the popular ones are essentially interactive R-rated movies. You are right, if they wouldn't let their child watch an R-rated film, they shouldn't let them play M-rated video games.

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Investigators believe 8-year-old intentionally killed 90-year-old woman [View all] Bay Boy Aug 2013 OP

Since when did GTA start coming with real guns? CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #1

Word. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #3

Why aren't charges being filed against the adults who allowed 1) the loaded gun in reach of the msanthrope Aug 2013 #2

" 2) the 8-year old to play GTA 4?" its not a crime to allow a child to play such a game or cstanleytech Aug 2013 #6

In my perfect world, it would be. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #9

I'm with you. mbperrin Aug 2013 #13

And the pot smokers (buyers not dealers) would be free. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #16

Buyers have to have dealers. Let's not stop half way. Colorado and Washington aren't. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #34

That makes no sense... Unless, I suppose, you're against legalization. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #35

Unfortunately there is no such thing as a perfect world. nt cstanleytech Aug 2013 #15

Look at my username. Think I don;t know that? nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #17

As an adult who has played games in the GTA series... derby378 Aug 2013 #18

And I am not saying an 8 year old should be allowed to derby. nt cstanleytech Aug 2013 #21

I wouldn't let an 8-year-old kid play, either. nt AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #49

Whoever allowed the firearm to be accessible should be charged. LiberalFighter Aug 2013 #7

The owner of the firearm is dead. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #40

Talk about irony. n/t leftyladyfrommo Aug 2013 #55

Guns don't kill billh58 Aug 2013 #4

How in the #*)_@*)_@)_ LiberalElite Aug 2013 #5

Mmm cant the DCF just have a social worker do home visits anyway or do they only do that cstanleytech Aug 2013 #11

DCF probably has had their funding . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #20

Apparently so. (no text) Quantess Aug 2013 #53

The story didn't say no action was being taken Courtesy Flush Aug 2013 #33

I was thinking the same thing. Scary. BlueJazz Aug 2013 #14

What would you have them charge? He's too young to be considered culpable. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #24

Exactly! sybylla Aug 2013 #43

As much as I think fictional violence doesn't cause fictional violence Hayabusa Aug 2013 #8

I play violent video games... Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2013 #12

Same here. Hayabusa Aug 2013 #23

Unfortunately... cynzke Aug 2013 #29

I play hidden object games...without time limits...you should try it angstlessk Aug 2013 #32

I like story lines... Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2013 #42

Mario, Zelda and Kirby aren't violent Ash_F Aug 2013 #56

HA! Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2013 #58

Thank you!! Tien1985 Aug 2013 #26

Very sad. To make it that far in life and be shot in the head by your grand child. tofuandbeer Aug 2013 #10

My husband plays a lot of video games with our kids - TBF Aug 2013 #19

And what video games do they share? theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #39

They seem to mostly play Minecraft - TBF Aug 2013 #41

The name of the town is Slaughter? KamaAina Aug 2013 #22

And 'Smothers' was the grandmother's last name. n/t JimDandy Aug 2013 #31

Is the child like the one in the Bad Seed story? kimbutgar Aug 2013 #25

Most importantly randr Aug 2013 #27

"playing with a firearm" valerief Aug 2013 #28

An 8 year old sits around playing GTA4 Aerows Aug 2013 #30

As was stated in the broadcast, provided at the link.... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #38

Ouch. Couldn't love an aunt like that.....nt AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #48

weird. i went straight from gta iv to this thread. Lucky I didn't have a gun or i might've sought Tunkamerica Aug 2013 #36

As if that wasn't depressing enough... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #37

Headline is an abomination. sybylla Aug 2013 #44

Isn't it the reporter's perogative to... Bay Boy Aug 2013 #45

But that's not what they are doing. sybylla Aug 2013 #46

Thank you... Bay Boy Aug 2013 #47

Not a journalist - just someone who lives in an area with piss-poor journalists. sybylla Aug 2013 #52

Can't help but wonder if there may be something mentally wrong with this kid. AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #50

Do you mean aside from the fact... CanSocDem Aug 2013 #54

OMG once again guns! that little kid needs some serious help gopiscrap Aug 2013 #51

The law prohibits the child from being charged below 10 Ash_F Aug 2013 #57

I played GTA:Vice City in my 20's ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2013 #59