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Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates

Posted by Soulskill on from the probably-time-to-shut-down-that-old-quake-server dept.

New submitter Lord_Breetai sends word that a Louisiana high school student has been arrested for using a mobile app to simulate shooting his classmates. The app overlays an FPS-style gun and UI over a real background seen through the device's camera. The student tried it out and then unwisely posted a video of it on YouTube. Another student's parent saw the video and reported it to authorities. Major Wolfe of the local police said, "You can't ignore it. We don't know at what time that game becomes reality. He said it was a result of him being frustrated and tired of being bullied. He said that he had no intentions of hurting anybody. We have to take all threats seriously and we have no way of knowing that without investigating and getting to the bottom of it. With all the school shooting we've had in the United States, it's just not a very good game to be playing at this time." The boy is now facing criminal charges for terrorizing and interference of the operation of a school.

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  1. I've heard enough! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Send this terrorist to Guantanamo.

  2. Re:Really? by binarylarry · · Score: 0, Troll

    When you were a kid the press hadn't sensationalized all the murder sprees at school.

    Although I think there were significantly less of these back in the day.

    Hard to say in this case, we could just go "FREEDOM!" and complain the kid is being punished. It is an odd thing to do though. Can you imagine the repercussions for the staff if he showed up with an actual gun one day and they had done nothing? I have no love for teachers and administrative staff (they're boring leeches on society) but they would be fired if not brought up on charges.

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  3. Re:Guns are bad by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Stop with the stupid "right to bear arms" crap and stuff like this will not bother anyone. It's just a game on a display."

    Sure. Why not join the party. We can stop with the stupid "freedom of speech" stuff, the stupid "right against unreasonable search and seizure", and while we are at it the stupid "pursuit of happiness" crap. You can stop bucking for Supreme Court Justice now; unfortunately there are no openings at the moment.

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  4. Re:Are you serious? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Reality check: according to most metrics, the U.S.A. can't really be considered a 1st world country.