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8-year-old kills his grandmother after playing GTA

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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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Default 8-year-old kills his grandmother after playing GTA

http://news.sky.com/story/1132826/bo...ing-video-game



Damn...Correlation =/= causation.



And it's rather darkly humorous that this happened in the town of Slaughter.
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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 06:13 PM
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well..i'm so agast that i'm speechless.
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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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8-year-old kills grandmother after she leaves an unsecured loaded gun within reach of an 8 year old and lets her 8 year old play a game rated M



i wonder if people would treat me the same way if i gave an 8 year old a playboy
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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 09:13 PM
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A family that has an 8 year-old playing GTA is not one you should expect normal behavior out of the children anyway. Just sayin'.
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Old Aug 25, 2013 | 09:48 PM
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The image in the story said it all:







Originally Posted by faithofadragon
i wonder if people would treat me the same way if i gave an 8 year old a playboy
Too many adds. It's bullshit. Give him a real magazine or be a good parent show him the joys of the internet
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