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The juicy part of this story is obviously being withheld to protect this darwin awards candidate’s family.
According to news reports an 11 year old Johnson Creek (town in the USA)  boy has shot himself in the head whilst imitating moves from his favourite game, Halo.
Apparently he didn’t know a round could be left in the chamber after removing the magazine…
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Whatis even more astonishing is that the kids father was home at the time, however the death is not being viewed as suspicious. Though if you ask me any father who is letting his 11 year old kid skip school and run around with a loaded weapon needs to be charged with something.
But again, how did this kid shoot himself in the head? I don’t remember any Halo move that comes close to that?
As an ex-colleague of mine once said, Stupidity will never go unpunished.
Source: GameGrep
Last Updated: September 9, 2008
Etienne Vlok
September 9, 2008 at 07:19
I think media houses are trying to cause a stir by tying this to Halo. Any 11 year old with unsupervised access to firearms is a problem completely seperate from whatever influence a game may have had on them.
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LazySAGamer
September 9, 2008 at 07:41
Please now Etienne, lets not try and bring logic into this 😉
It’s all Halo’s fault….
OddSockZA
September 9, 2008 at 08:53
What’s the respawn time set to?
Vamp
September 9, 2008 at 09:15
😆 😆 😆
janrik
September 9, 2008 at 10:38
One less idiot to fowl the genetic pool and happily one less underage
yank to swear at me from Halo… Happy days !
koldFU5iON
September 9, 2008 at 11:15
“Apparently he didn’t know a round could be left in the chamber after removing the magazine…” how many 11 year old’s do you know, know about this… if you do know of any then … well I’m concerned 😛
SlippyMadFrog
September 9, 2008 at 11:31
So the media overlooked the fact that the 11 year old had access to guns and gone straigh to good old video games. What about the NRA?
aNoNyMouS
September 9, 2008 at 13:11
So everyone overlooked the fact that the father was home at the time as well? You never know… 😯
Jellyman
September 18, 2008 at 01:59
So a kid shoots himself and everybody assumes it’s halos fault? Who said that? Jesus.. 👿