Posted on 02/26/2009 12:23:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
A man in Brazil successfully held a 60-year-old woman hostage for ten hours, threatening her with a deadly Sega Light Phaser.
Looking to collect on a debt, a man in Brazil's Federal District broke into the house of a 60-year-old woman, brandishing the most intimidating-looking weapon he could think of: The Light Phaser, the gun that accompanied Sega's Master System console. Considering that Brazil was one of Sega's biggest markets for the Genesis' predecessor, it's no small surprise that the man was able to acquire one.
Of course, given that Brazil was one of Sega's biggest markets for the Genesis' predecessor, it is surprising that none of the policemen involved in the 10-hour standoff recognized the damn thing: "Hey Paulo, didn't we have one of things when we were kids? How's he threatening her with it? It's not even plugged into the console!"
Perhaps even more surprising is the fact that once the man surrendered to police and released his hostage unharmed, he revealed he also had a pair of genuinely deadly knives. Why he didn't use them before is anyone's guess, though I guess a sharp blade isn't anywhere nearly as intimidating as black plastic.
BRIGHT idea...Hey dead beats who don’t pay up, beware!
> he revealed he also had a pair of genuinely deadly knives
“No dude. This will make me look cool. Knives are like, yesterday, bro..”
Quick! Send this example to 0bama so he can ban Light Guns, too!
LAPD would have punched his ticket as soon as he pointed that thing in their direction.
“Quick! Send this example to 0bama so he can ban Light Guns, too!”
Remember a number of years ago when the mayor of Philly tried to ban super-soakers? Some kid has sprayed a gang member with water. The gang member pulled a real gun and shot the kid. The mayor tried to ban super-soakers because they were “guns” and had resulted in death.
LOL he has his middle finger on the “trigger”.
They would have stayed back if he had the NINTENDO light gun.
Did he see the light and give up?
Somethings gotta be done to stop the flow of SEGA assault game consoles from the US to third world countries!
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