Friday, September 14th 2007
Parent Group Upset Over Wii Gun Controller
Some games for the Wii may not be so family-friendly after all: they require a gun-shaped controller to be played. This is getting parent groups extremely upset. Parent groups claim that this is a "bone-headed idea". Some extremists claim that the Wii gun controller will train kids to aim and shoot, which, according to them, will make them become killers and psychopaths. One "very concerned grandparent" even went as far to proclaim that an application to the NRA should be included with every gun-shaped controller.
A quick glance at the controller, which you can buy here, hardly makes it seem all that bad.
Source:
The Inquirer
A quick glance at the controller, which you can buy here, hardly makes it seem all that bad.
96 Comments on Parent Group Upset Over Wii Gun Controller
what do baby dolls do to girls? make them into whores? that's absurd right. just some thing to think about.
what a crock,its guns that kill not toys.
www.snopes.com/military/reinwald.asp
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163
this is so stupid, really. what about toy guns in shops with an aim on it? wont THAT help them aim a gun? for gods sake, its not the right weight, gives zero recoil.. and they think it will help them to use a real gun... lol
regardless of facts though, if parents like this try to do anything, there will be an overwhelming number of people that will crush anything they say and send any attempt to stop the controller right into the ground, its been almost 20 yeas since we started having gun shaped controllers, there not going away, first person shooters are not going away, psychopaths are not going away either, but a gun shaped controller IS to enhance the realism of the game, Period.
on bioshock :roll::rockout:
when i was 5 my grandpa gave me a piece of wood shaped like a gun sights and all. he told me if i can show him i know how to handle it as if it was a weapon he would get me a red ryder bbgun. at first i did what any 5 year old would do, let it lay around, fall over, whatever. once i was set strait (with the crack of a belt....) i started to learn how to properly handle a firearm. this was all done with a simple peice of wood. about 2 mo after my birthday i got that bbgun, then when i was 8 he bought me a 20ga shotgun that i still use to this day.
that right there is what america needs, not legislation, not parent groups, but some balls and a thick belt.
How does a piece of plastic shaped like a gun teach kids to aim?
It doesnt have the weight, recoil or detailed features of a gun.
Its no more effective in teaching a child to hold a gun than if the child were holding a pencil.
As for joining the NRA, maybe they would acknowledge that it in fact abbreviates to National Rifle Association - RIFLES - which to the retards having a cry about the controller is a long stick that shoots bullets further than the short stick that shoots bullets (pistol). The majority of NRA events whether range shooting or hunting events surely involve rifles 90% of the time (who goes hunting with a pistol :wtf:), rather than a wii plastic pistol that weighs and costs a fraction of a decent pistol.
It would have been far more appropriate for them to say it would include a firearms licence, but they being the ignorant people they are, choose to brand the NRA as it seems to constitute an evil organisation supporting violence and illegal activities.
But 20 years ago-