[dragonsniper]

I think that something may have happened between the three that isn't being said. The main reason I say this is why would he shoot the dad once in the head when he shot the mom in the head, arms and chest?

[FUBAR-BDHR]

I could think of one logical reason why she was shot more than once.  The dad was shot first at point blank.  No chance of missing.  The mother wouldn't have been a stationary target after this.  Thus a couple of rounds were needed to subdue her before the final shot to the head. 

Not a pretty picture which makes the actions seem even more cold and calculated. 

[Dilmah G]

I could think of one logical reason why she was shot more than once.  The dad was shot first at point blank.  No chance of missing.  The mother wouldn't have been a stationary target after this.  Thus a couple of rounds were needed to subdue her before the final shot to the head. 

Not a pretty picture which makes the actions seem even more cold and calculated. 

Yeah fair enough, but you'd think he'd lay it all on the father, because HE was the one who banned the game, and his father says the kid was his 'Mom's boy', you'd think he would've emptied the magazine on his dad

Unless, like what most people think, there's something that isn't being told

[dragonsniper]

The dad was shot first at point blank.  No chance of missing.

And yet he somehow managed to not kill him...

[Polpolion]

The dad was shot first at point blank.  No chance of missing.

And yet he somehow managed to not kill him...

Guns aren't magic wands that if you're shot you most likely die (IIRC, in the Vietnam war, if a wounded US soldier was gotten to a field hospital within 60 minutes of being wounded, he had a 90% chance of survival). Given the way he's acted in this situation, I'd assuming that he believed the opposite to be true.

[StarSlayer]

Perhaps he wanted his old man to watch before he finished him off.

[Lucika]

No words can decribe this thing... 

I agree on the opinion that sg is hidden here  .
But my only question is: Why did the father locked the gun to exactly the same place as the game? And if he has a locked gun and a thing thah his child wants soooo badly, then where did he keep the key that the boy was able to find it? Why didn't he carried the key with himself?

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Trigger locks or locked cases are required in some places and are pretty much suggested everywhere else.  Most people only have one security type box in their house.  Putting 2 thing that you want to lock up in the same place would be logical.  Leaving the key where it could be easily gotten now that's the real question. 

If you have a loaded firearm for security (the only reason I can think of to have a loaded gun) that is locked up you would need to keep it somewhere easy to access by the person that has the key.  Which means you either hide the key somewhere also easy to access or keep it on your person.  Sleeping with a key = ouch so again logic would say a hidden key in a limited search area and a not so hidden lock box.  Only a matter of time until the key is found if you know it's in a certain area.   

[Dark RevenantX]

And that's why a few people have taken the liberty to inject a chip into their wrist so that they can open it with little hassle at a moment's notice, but nobody else can without a blow torch or large sharp object.

Good luck working up the will to stick a needle nearly as big as an office pen into your wrist, though.

[Polpolion]

But my only question is: Why did the father locked the gun to exactly the same place as the game? And if he has a locked gun and a thing thah his child wants soooo badly, then where did he keep the key that the boy was able to find it? Why didn't he carried the key with himself?

I guess he trusted his son. And apparently, that trust was undue.

[karajorma]

What I suspect is that he took a whole bunch of games away for that reason.

As for him not being cra zy, well he did raise a son who tried to kill him, so we could very easily be in Joan Crawford territory here.

[Black Wolf]

@Black Wolf: Gun crime is in every Nation.

Do you really need to have the statistics quoted again? Gun crime in the US is the worst of any developed nation.

If the kid had not possessed a gun, he would have punched his parents regardless...

Yeah, probably. And in all likelihood, all 3 would still be alive today.

[Scuddie]

@Black Wolf: Gun crime is in every Nation.

Do you really need to have the statistics quoted again? Gun crime in the US is the worst of any developed nation.

The highest percentages (by far) of firearms related crimes in the US occur within a city with strong gun regulation.  Washington, DC has a global ban on handguns.  It is also the city with the most gun crimes in the United States, period.

Your argument goes right out the window with that one.

[Flipside]

From what I understand, the kid was recovering from an injury and had been house-bound for several months, with limited entertainment.

Personally, I'm thinking more along the lines of a very unfortunate case of cabin fever.

Hiding the game in the same container as the gun probably didn't help matters.

[Nuclear1]

Actually Supreme Court just struck that gun ban down, at least with regards for handguns. Anything bigger is still illegal.

[karajorma]

The highest percentages (by far) of firearms related crimes in the US occur within a city with strong gun regulation.  Washington, DC has a global ban on handguns.  It is also the city with the most gun crimes in the United States, period.

Your argument goes right out the window with that one.

What argument? 

How does your statistic have any effect on the fact that the US has the highest gun crime rate of the Western world?

Maybe you should read back and check what his argument actually was before you start slapping yourself on the back about having beaten it .

[Scuddie]

Hmmm, I could have sworn I saw something back there about gun control and the like...

Maybe I'm seeing things .

[Dilmah G]

Hmmm, I could have sworn I saw something back there about gun control and the like...

Maybe I'm seeing things .

I'm guessing you took a page out of Nuke's book

(Got high and posted)

[Scuddie]

I never get high, I'm too lazy.

[TrashMan]

Stabbing someone takes a bit more effort I think, beating certainly takes a lot of will.

Rubbish. All you need is one good swing/stab. Hit someone with a lead pipe on the head in the right place - he's dead. Just like with a bullet.

What weapon you use against an unarmed man - pretty much irrelevant. You can kill a man with ANY weapon in just one hit