Angry Saudi boy, 4, shoots father dead after he refused to buy him a PLAYSTATION

[Serpo]

Youngster grabbed father's pistol to gun him down

By Daily Mail Reporter (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter)
PUBLISHED: 11:04 GMT, 23 April 2012 | UPDATED: 11:26 GMT, 23 April 2012



(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133863/Angry-Saudi-boy-4-shoots-father-dead-refused-buy-PLAYSTATION.html#comments)


An angry four-year-old boy shot his father dead after he refused to buy him a PlayStation.
The Saudi Arabian youngster, from the southern Jizan area, grabbed his father's pistol and gunned him down.
The child had reportedly asked his father to buy him a PlayStation and the shooting took place after the man returned home without the desired object.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/23/article-2133863-080221C9000005DC-777_468x336.jpg Tragedy: An angry four-year-old boy shot his father dead after he refused to buy him a Playstation (picture posed by model)

As he was undressing, the man put the weapon down, which the child then grabbed and fired at him from close range, the Asharq newspaper reported.
The tragic incident will add fuel to the debate that playing violent video games makes youngsters aggressive and alters their perception of reality.


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[Osiris]

4 years old? My 5 year old niece doesn't even know what a playstation is. Sounds like bad parenting with a lack of control of their child. The kid (if the story is true) obviously had no respect for the parent and a lack of knowledge about the weapon, all the parent's responsibility.

[solid]

Sounds like bad parenting with a lack of control of their child. The kid (if the story is true) obviously had no respect for the parent and a lack of knowledge about the weapon, all the parent's responsibility.

Well said. Unfortunately, this situation will lead to more attacks upon responsible gun owners.

[osoab]

Well said. Unfortunately, this situation will lead to more attacks upon responsible gun owners.

I think this happened in Saudi Arabia. ;)

[ximmy]

This is terrible, in America (if a playstation or equivalent is not provided) they just fine the parents heavily or take the kids away.

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

Saudi Arabia? Seems like the kid shoulda stoned his father to death.

[Osiris]

I wondered where that happened, didn't see anything on that. But regardless, it is 100% the parents fault. And I'm sure will still be used against guns if at all possible.

[osoab]

This is terrible, in America (if a playstation or equivalent is not provided) they just fine the parents heavily or take the kids away.

The parents are the ones fighting over the playstation in Amerika. Not having a playstation is considered abnormal in Amerika.

[Serpo]

In the old days the kids in Saudi wanted a new camel ,now its a play station.......

[joboo]

Allowing a 4 yr old access to a loaded gun. Sounds like father of the year award material.

[steyr_m]

Of course they showed a picture of a white kid playing a video game instead of someone who looked like the kid who actually did it.

[solid]

Of course they showed a picture of a white kid playing a video game instead of someone who looked like the kid who actually did it.

Nice catch. There's also a black dude in the video game, wearing a wife beater and shooting a gun "gangsta style".

[steyr_m]

Nice catch. There's also a black dude in the video game, wearing a wife beater and shooting a gun "gangsta style".

I think that's the better catch. Never underestimate the power of subliminal messages. "Now you evil white person, just emulate those darker-skinned peoples -- and while you're at it, breed with them too.

[Spectrism]

At 4 they get the violent video game. At 10 they plant IEDs. At 15 they want American Airlines jets. The culture has gotten demanding for fathers there.

[zap]

Well the little guy prolly had alot of pent up anger dad had prolly killed the kids sisters for being girls.

[mightymanx]

I classify this as a self correcting defficency;

He sucked as a parent.

He is no longer a parent.

Problem solved.