Breivik "Trained" Playing Call of Duty

[xBiffx]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/19/anders-breivik-call-of-duty

Well, thanks a lot douche. All the "video game violence leads to real violence" fanatics are happy now. At least it's a good thing they captured him before he had a chance to call in an airstrike or a chopper.

/sarcasm

 

[pwilson316]

That guy's a loser.

If he really wanted to put his CoD skills to the test he should have tried that on military base to see how far he could get. I think it's safe to bet there would be no trial.

 

[Via]

He's just an evil psychopath looking for all the attention he can get while he can.

Of course he's going to say that.

 

[rivan]

Guns don't kill people. Video games don't kill people.

Psychopaths kill people and will use whatever tools they have available to do so.

 

[monkeh624]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/19/breivik-testifies-about-gaming-press-ignores-the-facts/

 

[pelov]

And I punch open boxes and kick turtle shells.

So many accusations have come out of that trial. Everything from a neo-nazi conspiracy to take over Europe to some right-wing radicalism to genocide to video games has been claimed to be the supposed motivation for the attack. People who write for the tabloids are idiots and those who read them with the intent of drawing some factual info are even stupider.

 

[Gothgar]

Really doesnt make any sense, playing games like that do not make you a better shot...

 

[slayer202]

The dude is friggin insane. I have to admit that the way Norway tries cases is extremely interesting. I'm sure it really pisses of the "proud to be" americans who would rather just execute him now

 

[Nemesis13]

Good thing they didnt put him into last stand with dead mans hand. Joking aside fuck this guy he should be put in-front of a firing squad, who are only aiming at non fatal body parts.

 

[thecrecarc]

Everyone deserves a trial, even this guy. That being said, he also deserves the electric chair.

 

[Anubis]

lol COD
imagin how many more people he would have killed if he had been playing ARMA

 

[ichy]

Really doesnt make any sense, playing games like that do not make you a better shot...

This reminds of the idiotic anti-video game hysteria after the Columbine shooting.

 

[Gothgar]

This reminds of the idiotic anti-video game hysteria after the Columbine shooting.

Yeah, it really makes no sense at all, coming from a person who enjoys FPS video games and shooting.

 

[waggy]

The dude is friggin insane. I have to admit that the way Norway tries cases is extremely interesting. I'm sure it really pisses of the "proud to be" americans who would rather just execute him now

wrong. Most agree he needs the electric chair. Most people will also admit he would have the right to defend himself first.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Guns don't kill people. Video games don't kill people.

Psychopaths kill people and will use whatever tools they have available to do so.

"And the National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill people, people do," but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!" That's not going to kill too many people, is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart to have that…"
-Eddie Izzard

 

[slayer202]

wrong. Most agree he needs the electric chair. Most people will also admit he would have the right to defend himself first.

I'd bet the majority of Americans would say he doesn't even deserve a trial and should go straight to the chair. Luckily Norway doesn't have capital punishment

An opinion poll taken after the 2011 Norway attacks showed that the opposition to the death penalty remained firmly entrenched, with 16 percent supporting and 68 percent opposed.[12]

 

[AnonymouseUser]

In light of this news, the DoD has ordered more gaming companies to produce even more war propaganda. "We need more troops!" - DoD.

 

[Albatross]

I think hearing too many morons saying demented violence is cause by video games made him snap.

 

[Sixguns]

I wonder what his K/D was.

 

[pelov]

Max prison sentence in Norway is 21 years. If you're considered a danger to the public after serving the max sentence of those 21 years then you can be held further.

He'll likely rot in jail for as long as he's alive.

The trial was supposed to be televised but the court decided against it because he'd spread his batshit crazy ideology. The papers aren't restricted, though, so they're having a field day.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I can understand the idea that video games, especially first person shooters, are going to increase someone's ability with guns. I've never fired a gun. I couldn't field-strip a weapon or put one back together. But I know some basic principles from playing games like Counter-Strike and Battlefield. I know how to drop a magazine, load another one and cock a weapon. I know that I need to scope down the sights of the gun if I want to hit anything. I know that I should fire in controlled bursts rather than going full-auto and having the recoil buck everywhere. If my only knowledge of guns came from watching action movies or television, I don't know that I'd be able to handle a gun effectively at all. Video games have given me a (presumably false) sense that I know how to wield a gun with at least some effectiveness. Obviously the real world is a completely different scenario, but video games do lay the groundwork for basic use of a firearm, and that can be the difference between the psycho who sprays an area with a submachinegun and hits no one and the psycho who carefully picks his targets and takes them down with precision.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I can understand the idea that video games, especially first person shooters, are going to increase someone's ability with guns. I've never fired a gun. I couldn't field-strip a weapon or put one back together. But I know some basic principles from playing games like Counter-Strike and Battlefield. I know how to drop a magazine, load another one and cock a weapon. I know that I need to scope down the sights of the gun if I want to hit anything. I know that I should fire in controlled bursts rather than going full-auto and having the recoil buck everywhere. If my only knowledge of guns came from watching action movies or television, I don't know that I'd be able to handle a gun effectively at all. Video games have given me a (presumably false) sense that I know how to wield a gun with at least some effectiveness. Obviously the real world is a completely different scenario, but video games do lay the groundwork for basic use of a firearm, and that can be the difference between the psycho who sprays an area with a submachinegun and hits no one and the psycho who carefully picks his targets and takes them down with precision.

 

[foghorn67]

I can understand the idea that video games, especially first person shooters, are going to increase someone's ability with guns. I've never fired a gun. I couldn't field-strip a weapon or put one back together. But I know some basic principles from playing games like Counter-Strike and Battlefield. I know how to drop a magazine, load another one and cock a weapon. I know that I need to scope down the sights of the gun if I want to hit anything. I know that I should fire in controlled bursts rather than going full-auto and having the recoil buck everywhere. If my only knowledge of guns came from watching action movies or television, I don't know that I'd be able to handle a gun effectively at all. Video games have given me a (presumably false) sense that I know how to wield a gun with at least some effectiveness. Obviously the real world is a completely different scenario, but video games do lay the groundwork for basic use of a firearm, and that can be the difference between the psycho who sprays an area with a submachinegun and hits no one and the psycho who carefully picks his targets and takes them down with precision.

Let me know how that works out for you.

 

[JamesV]

... I know how to drop a magazine, load another one and cock a weapon. I know that I need to scope down the sights of the gun if I want to hit anything. I know that I should fire in controlled bursts rather than going full-auto and having the recoil buck everywhere. ... but video games do lay the groundwork for basic use of a firearm, and that can be the difference between the psycho who sprays an area with a submachinegun and hits no one and the psycho who carefully picks his targets and takes them down with precision.

Things like exchanging a mag are common sense, that anyone with ten minutes could figure out with a gun and couple of mags.

Aiming isn't anything like games IRL. Your eye/front sight/rear sight are always perfectly in line in a game, as your weight is always balanced and solid. Not to mention the crosshair. In basic training, about a third of the soldiers couldn't even zero their weapons at first (25 yards 3 single shots at same point, must be < 3" apart). And that was with them in a foxhole supported against wood and dirt, totally stable.

Point is, only gun handling can give you the skills needed to shoot well. I can fly 747's in a flight simulator, which is actually in-depth knowledge of flying... and I'd crash and burn IRL if I tried it in a real plane, because I have no idea of the 'feel' of flying one.

 

[purbeast0]

"You develop target acquisition," he said. He used a similar device during the shooting attacks that left 69 dead at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya on 22 July.

But he insisted WoW had nothing to do with the attacks he carried out last year, leaving 77 dead.

so was it 69 or 77 dead ... or am i totally missing something?

what a pile of shit either way.