Boy found dead with toy weapon

Edmonton Sun ^ | Nov 15, 2005 | BROOKES MERRITT

[proud_yank]

Nunchuks - the real kind - are a prohibited weapon in Canada, said Edmonton Police Insp. Dennis Pysyk.

Nice to see those regulations at work! Maybe a 'nunchuk registry' would have worked better to prevent such an accident?

[DogBarkTree]

nunchuk control NOW!

[clee1]

I've never wrapped a nunchuck chain around my neck... but I HAVE whacked myself in the head a few times.

[operation clinton cleanup]

But Stanley said some martial arts clubs do train with weapons - especially when it draws in customers.

So did the school this kid trained at use weapons? With 10 year olds? Or was this something he was inspired to do by TV? Oh wait, what kids see on TV has no effect on them... so we are told.

[saquin]

I'm trying to picture how this could happen. Couldn't he have just unwrapped it from his neck?

[RichInOC]

Clearly his style of kung fu was not very good.

[al baby]

[decal]

"Clearly his style of kung fu was not very good."

Or someone else's was...

[GBA]

"Police have ruled out foul play, and say it appears Chris may have died as the result of an accident."

Not sure how they ruled out foul play. I can't imagine how someone could strangle their self with toy numchucks.

[RichInOC]

Hmmmmmm...quite possibly.

[keat]

Tragic story but I'd be digging a little deeper for all the facts. Seems unlikely that one could choke oneself to death by direct pressure. You would pass out, pressure would be released, and you would regain consciousness soon.

To do it by accident? Doesn't seem possible unless the chain were long enough to lock around your neck.

[D.P.Roberts]

I always get a kick out of some guy who can't even spell or pronounce something writing about regulating it.

[varyouga]

I used to do karate and the chain on nunchucks I used were way too small to go around any neck. The chain could barely wrap around your hand.

Something smells funky.

[eastforker]

Wonder how they were able to rule out foul play?

[gg188]

I almost choked to death on a toy whistle when I was a kid. I have dedicated the rest of my life to the banning of toy whistles. (Jus' kiddin' about the second part.)

[eyespysomething]

Lunden expressed grief for the family, and hoped Chris's two surviving sisters, one older and one younger, could help his father cope with the loss of his son.

Um, shouldn't the father be helping his daughters cope, especially since one of them is younger than 10?

[Xenalyte]

My first year at the Renaissance Festival, I was armed with a quarterstaff - big old six-foot-long dymondwood thing that you could NOT break.

At times, I amused myself by twirling it over my head like a baton.

Then once, I dropped it squah on my head.

OUCH.

[proud_yank]

What did I misspell?

[rintense]

If this kid knew kung fu, and was skilled with chucks, I can't imagine how he could have choked himself to death, esp. if these are not the real variety. Something smells here...

[carlr]

And apparently within a day.Seems to be a little quick to come to a conclusion.