3 Teens Arrested; Say 'Grand Theft Auto' Taught Them About Molotov Cocktails

Arsenic13 - 460 days ago

This is the new plead insanity trend. Blame it on GTA. I'm gonna commit ritualistic murders and blame it on Viva Pinata.

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munish23 - 460 days ago

This is getting stupid, all these stupid kids just blame gta for every thing they do.

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Dlacy13g - 460 days ago

Cause last time I played any of the games it just let me use a molotov. Never once did the game "show" me how to make one.

@Aresnic13....you nailed that one on the head. This is the new insanity plea.

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Voiceofreason - 460 days ago

Oh well then they should go to a home and their parents should be charged also. SInce they are all under age and GTA4 is for adults only. Maybe its time we make parents responsible again.

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Gaara_724 - 460 days ago

theres the prob
'Officials said the teens -- ages 15 and 16'
dude its an 18+ game no mater how u look at it its the parents fault not gta's fault dam thats some facked up sh1t

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KiNg_TED_PRIZE - 460 days ago

thas just accuse a little american boy always say " gta~~~ hahaha good luck!! idoitic kids

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jcgamer - 460 days ago

PERIOD.

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devilhunterx - 460 days ago

The judge should charge them for playing a MATURE rated game as well.

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Chug - 459 days 23 hours ago

Driving by a liquor store sometimes makes me want to "chug" beer, but playing GTA usually just makes me want to laugh. My point? I have no idea lol.

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geda - 459 days 23 hours ago

i hope they don't end up banning stuff like gta... although i guess it wouldn't be THAT bad. long as there's RPGs, action games etc i'd be happy.

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Nervz - 459 days 23 hours ago

Unfortunetely some people get effected by what they see, the whole "it isn't video games" is getting old. YES it isn't the actual cause, but unstable people get ideas and do them...how is that so hard to believe?

Human nature is too replicate what they see and think is COOL, especially younger people....if old, they are either mentally unstable or have some sort of illness.

Thats why they have ratings on gaming, Parent really need to be more strict. Just because it doesn't effect MOST, doesn't mean it doesn't at all.

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nick09 - 459 days 23 hours ago

since when do u learn how to make weapons playing gta. kids are just getting more and more stupid

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Ricdog - 459 days 23 hours ago

I dont see how they are liable, its not illegal for a teens to play an M rated game, as long as an adult buys it for them. U guys act like buying M rated games for kids is a crim, its not. So next u guys are gonna say that when some teen makes a school shooting it was the parents falt for letting them get bullied.

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Partisan - 459 days 23 hours ago

They are going next gen?

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Nervz - 459 days 23 hours ago

Depending on the child and his or her persona, Parents jobs are to keep an eye on there kids. Rules need to apply, like it or not. These guys aren't even adults yet...and if they've done something similar in the past (less intense) who in the hell is going to keep things at bay or teach them responsibilities? NO ONE!

while yes, it isn't just the parent, like i said, if the kids or kid has a history of some problems, its likely he or her might get idea's, from shows/games or what not. Common sense.

Parents are parents and until there adults, they have the responsibility to watch there kids and punish them if they are out of line, other they will continue the same crap again.

No one argued about school shootings, calm down. and don't ASSUME things.

School shooters obviously mean the kids in serious mental state and most likely suffers from an illness to pull off an act.

In that case early treatment, PARENT taking notice and actions to prevent them from doing anything stupid.

Parents play a role, but so does many other things. OBVIOUSLY a person with such action isn't going to make himself do the right thing now is he?

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zigzag - 459 days 23 hours ago

this is dumb it's so easy to make those you can even learn it from watching t.v

I'll tell you a something better mix ammonia and bleach and see what happens

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militant07 - 459 days 23 hours ago

my 4 years cousin played gta sanadress

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dro - 459 days 23 hours ago

lol,i guess this is gonna be the new fab for teens! do a crime and blame gta then ur parents cannot ground u and u walk free.haha

damn teens these days are just to funny!

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alster23 - 459 days 22 hours ago

gta doesnt show how to make molotovs the closest thing is when niko lights it up.

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ptmidos - 459 days 21 hours ago

If GTA didnt exist wat would people blame everything on? Barbie Horse Adventure?

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Ricdog - 459 days 21 hours ago

I wasent completely saying that parents should be off the hook, I was just saying that even with good parenting kids might still do something crazy. Many times a parent will try to help there kid, but even then the kid will continue to do wrong and I dont think a parent who was doing a good job should be responsible for that.

However I also agree that if parents dont take care and monitor their kid they should get blamed for that.

So guess it all depends on the situation, if the parents should get partiall blame.

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Nervz - 459 days 21 hours ago

GTA isn't a violent nor criminal game?

Theres no doubt that many underage and teens play the game, is it so hard to believe they tried to duplicate what shown in the game itself?

Just because the NORM is not to do the things, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

We all know how kids love to imitate others.

and ptmidos

Barbie horse adventure isn't a Violent criminal acting title now is it? don't be silly.

GTA is blamed for a reason....guess it! YEEESH!

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NMC2007 - 459 days 21 hours ago

if the GTA series never existed? A movie perhaps? or a song? are there any songs about molotov coktails? Wow, can't even spell the full word correctly, awesome filter we have on the internets.

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Nervz - 459 days 21 hours ago

Yep, your right...but thats why i said PARENTING isn't the only problem and noted that the individual himself might be suffering from some illness, disorder..etc.

But Parent still need to try and if things don't work, get a better influence involved (cops, doctors), otherwise that problem in the individual increases. If his left alone thats EVEN worse.

Point is, YES even with supervision, they can still act bad, but some help is better than NONE.

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mirroredderorrim - 459 days 18 hours ago

Kids are idiots these days, no thanks to their parents.

I don't mean all kids or parents, but, well.. you can see the example of what I mean in the article.

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BrianC6234 - 459 days 16 hours ago

This is funny. Blame a game for teaching them how to make bombs. Maybe they should blame Google and the Web too. I just did a search on how to make a Molotov co-cktail and found all kinds of links. Games aren't doing this. Should we start banning the Internet too? I can learn all kinds of bad things on the Web if I just do a search.

How come this board won't let me type co-cktail?

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alakazzam - 459 days 13 hours ago

if your stupid enough to copy something you see in a video game then your pretty damn stupid and deserve to be put away. unless its something good of course

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Murda - 459 days 13 hours ago

This is just ridiculous, they had to play GTA to know how to throw a Molotov Coc*tail, they've lived in a dark room all their lives or what the f***. And in the game you just pick the MC, you're not able to make it. Are just bored kids with a prefect target to blame: GTA, the game that invented violence, carjacking, prostitution and everything wrong in this world, the world was better before GTA, please destroy it (Irony).

Anyways that kind of things always happened, before videogames were gangsta rap, movies, TV. Maybe the videogames are different cause you are are taking a rol instead be an observer like in the movies, TV... But do things in a videogame is too different than do the same things in the real life, the videogame can give you the idea as a movie, a TV show or a friend can aswell, and some kind of persons can try to do that things in real life, but GTA can't teach you how to make a Molotov, or can't teach you how to rob a taxi, I mean if will be that, when that guys gonna throw the Molotov, had tried to press the button at the PAD, because that is the way which the game "teach you".

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Overr8ed - 460 days ago

you can learn how to make this from TV. have you seen todays media they tell people how to make weapons, Even in the news.

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White-Sharingan - 459 days 23 hours ago

GTA made me rape my dog

-see what I did there?

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zigzag - 459 days 23 hours ago

GTA made me take a sh!t on my neighbors front lawn

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DarkSidePlay - 459 days 23 hours ago

GTA made me shave my mom's a$$ hair

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FantasyStar - 459 days 22 hours ago

seriously....

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Steven Colbert - 459 days 22 hours ago

World of Warcraft taught me how to slay a night elf.For the Horde!

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SilentKill30 - 459 days 21 hours ago

I live in Fulton County, How ironic is that...

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Darkiewonder - 459 days 20 hours ago

Halo talk me the art of teabagging and how to lay back and receive it! thanks Halo *Wink*

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CouchKing0 - 459 days 20 hours ago

MGS4 taught me how to sneak around, CQC, talk in a cool voice like Snake's and own xbots! AHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHA

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papaivan69 - 459 days 16 hours ago

u cant blame gta for your ret%rded @$s to go out n burn up some cars =]

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