Toddler Dies After Mistaking Gun for Wii Controller

Cheyenne’s mother told police officers that the child was used to playing a shooting game with the Nintendo Wii video game console and likely confused the real gun with the realistic-looking black toy gun, the sheriff said.

There’s just so many things that seem wrong in this story.  Wrong as in “why” not so much wrong as in inaccurate.

Primarily, why the hell is your toddler playing Wii games involving shooting things in the first place?  I guess the parents had enough sense not to take the kid out to practice shooting the real thing so they figure the simulated Wii would be good enough.  The fact that these people keep a loaded handgun on the dining room table and go to the trouble of getting the more realistic Wii gun accessory (as opposed to the goofy white one Nintendo puts out).

Secondly, who leaves a gun laying around with a kid hanging around at all in the first place?  Haven’t we had enough gun control style education to let people know that it’s a bad idea to leave a loaded weapon sitting out in the open around your house?  Especially if you’ve got a toddler running around?  Hell kids will try to eat anything they find laying around, and apparently a bullet isn’t an exception to this rule.

The article says no criminal charges are being filed though you can bet this one will work for several hidden agendas.  It’s an obvious argument point for both gun control and video game violence.  It’s too bad it was involving the Wii which has many less violent video games than either of it’s two competitors.  I’m sure it’ll be supported by inaccurate arguments of Doom and Grand Theft Auto being involved.