Son kills mom because she took away his Call Of Duty

So lets see. We can't stop having kids...or can we?
Violent games? ... Well sorry, get a backbone...
Guns?, protected bill of right that has survived the best of intentioned attacks

Which leaves us "unstable behavior" as the preventative topic most logical to pursue.

 

That means his mom was both his mom AND dad.

 

Says he killed her "after a failed rape attack" and that she was naked from the waist down ? WTF ..could she not overpower a skinny 13 year old ?

 

So bizarre...this kid was going to grow up to be an evil man. Maybe in a way it's good his only victim (hopefully) will be his own mother.

 

This is likely headed to the D & D already.

Actually we do legally restrict a lot of things to minors. Voting is a Constitutional right but we still have a legal voting age.

We should do all we can to identify and treat mental illness but that doesn't mean we can't also look at restricting access to guns to those who are potentially violent.

 

I understand the views of the anti-gun crowd (though I may disagree) but what about these freaking super violent realistic games that kids play nowadays? How can that NOT desensitize kids to actual guns/violence?

When you spend hours shooting realistic looking people who die from realistic looking injuries, it isn't a huge stretch (to an unstable teen or pre-teen) to do the same thing in real life

I do realize that without access to guns it may not happen but I don't hear anyone talking about the games...

Either way, horrible, horrible crime

 

No doubt.. Gun rights should and is a protected right that warrants any call for further restricted measures as possible infringement...that said, my kids know I have guns and know they have no business towards them and that's what works in my household...

 

What's to talk about? Call of Duty is a Mature rated game (17+). Gamestop / other retailers are prohibited by law to enforce ratings, and I have seen them do it many times.

1. The kid's mother should not have let him play the game for many reasons:
- Not 17
- Obviously not sane. He has expressed extreme anger at other times I'm assuming.
- Per his age, he is immature be default

Video games are always a cop-out for the media. It's an easy target. I always think of this question... Does a 'shooter' video game teach someone how to fire a weapon? My personal answer is no. The controllers for video games are composed of a series of buttons and joysticks. For PC it's a mouse and keyboard. Call of Duty did not teach this kid how to use a weapon to kill his mother. The kid obviously had some psychological issues which were were activated when his mother took the game away from him (which he was not supposed to be playing).

There certainly is no 'causation' between Video Games and Violence. 'Correlation' is up in the air, but I would argue that it is minimal.

 

gotta love the libtards that like to bring up gun owners everytime and issue comes up.. yet violent video games/moveis get a pass.. basically a training tool for people to become desensitized and the mental health of these people aren't any part of the issue? Obama has constipation! stop the presses.. it must be because of guns. Someone recently at a gunshow accidently shot himself.. is this a gun problem? No a dumb ass problem is more like it. America's filled with them on both sides.

I personally have no problems with violent video games and movies.. The problem lies in people without the mental capacity to know right from wrong. This is a societal problem. There are plenty of video game players, gun owners and people that watch violent movies that don't go full r****d. The hard part is finding the ones that are. (but then again.. that would require actual work and not conducive to union labor)

People control via gun control via ammo control under the guise of "saving the children" Pathetic really.

 

I had a childhood friend that later killed his parents for taking his comic books. I feel 1 percent responsible because although he was older, my other friends and I bullied him on a couple of occasions.

 

Don't ever blame yourself man..,you were just a kid. If i met my childhood bully i would tell him the same. Tons of kids deal with social awkward stuff and we grow up normal

 

So what do you prefer? A mental disorder person with a gun or a mental disorder person without a gun? A mental disorder person is what you can't control and predict but guns can be control easily if it wasn't for idiots like you who keep on supporting it and blaming others when the easiest solution is to ban guns.

 

Geez, people laying blame on guns, video games, mental health. Why not blame the parenting? The kid had easy access to weapons, he was doing bad in school. The more likely culprit is this kid didn't have a good parent to teach him right from wrong and give him attention to succeed in school.

 

I agree to most of what you stated. My question is....Are psychological issues
only found in kids or in society as a whole (kids,teenagers,adults,seniors)?

After turning 17 any whacko can buy these games and go into la-la land and
completely become desensitized to murdering someone. In regard to this kid
or any kid for that matter who is in charge of making sure that these games
don't end up in their hands? In this case the mom thought it was OK for him
to have it, so it's apparent that these games are still ending up in kids hands
sometimes with the blessing of the parents.

It might only be a small percent who go postal 1/100, or 1/1000 but the
actions from that 1 person are resulting in deaths of human beings and those
human beings don't mean much UNTIL it results in the death of one of our
loved ones.
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It sounds like the kid was likely not used to hearing "NO", and snapped. There's a lot at play here, but bad parenting is definitely at the top of the list. The fact that the dad made it a point to say that his wife was the disciplinarian screams bad parenting. There should never be fixed roles where only one parent is in charge of disciplining the kid.....it's a team effort.

Also, the fact that he wanted to rape her only furthers the point that this kid was a sicko. How that thought even crosses a 13 year old's mind when his video game gets taken away is mind-boggling.

 

You make a good point. In this situation it happened to be a kid. There are lots of 'crazies' in this world, mostly over the age of 21 I'm sure. Regarding video games although... I believe it is fair to trust the judgement/psychology of a 17+ year old (at least that's what the ESRB has decided) to be able to distinguish reality from fantasy and right from wrong.

It is an interesting dilemma because you can take a look at television, music, and other forms of influences. There are so many angles and variables in deciding what drives folks to the point of murder. You brought up the idea of "desensitization"... people constantly seeing killing/violence on the tube and losing sight of the reality of taking a life. It's a concept that I believe is prevalent today, but imagine times of slavery, war, 'cowboys vs indians', the list goes on and on to the beginning of time. Death, torture, and rape were more commonplace in past times. I believe today most Americans see a prettier picture than what was seen in the past... and at least it is mostly on a television screen.

 

It was bad parenting to give the kid the gun in the first place.

 

Yeah this kid has problems. He should be institutionalized not imprisioned. Raping your mom @ 13?!?! That's just very strange.

 

Like others have mentioned, it is not uncommon for a child of his age to learn how to use a firearm. It is up to the parents to teach that kid responsibility, firearm safety, and right from wrong. That failed in this family.

 

On a human level can the father forgive his son? Would you if you were in the same situation?