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Yes, it desensitizes them to killing and if they already have a mental issue it can cause them to act out those things in real life. Why do you think the go to gun is the AR or similar? That's because it is the gun mainly used in COD and others. It's common sense that this would have an effect on a feeble mind. Put one of these sick kids in a simulation of war for 20 hours a day and what do you think is going to eventually happen with some of them?
Yes, it desensitizes them to killing and if they already have a mental issue it can cause them to act out those things in real life. Why do you think the go to gun is the AR or similar? That's because it is the gun mainly used in COD and others. It's common sense that this would have an effect on a feeble mind. Put one of these sick kids in a simulation of war for 20 hours a day and what do you think is going to eventually happen with some of them?
Its a factor, as is easy access to guns, as is publicity for mass shootings, as is mental health.
Without access to guns, maybe people with this inclination would just play paintball or something.
Gun nuts falling over themselves to blame anything other than the primary tool used in mass killings whose main functional purpose is killing: guns.
20, 30 years ago. Absolutely not. Today, I am really starting to think so. Along with the music.
Parents don't seem to be parenting and with kids glued to the screen playing video games, listening to the wonderful music we have now I can start to see it effecting them. Couple that with a few mental illnesses, and a handful of prescribed drugs and whatever side effects they have it just compounds the problem. And you get what we have now. Firearms violence has risen from it's low in 2010 to now... something is spuring this along.
Data does not support the hypothesis. Across the board, every possible way to correlate the two things - violence for real vs the rise of violent video games - fails when actually looking at the data.
Unfortunately, dispassionate analysis of the facts tends not to be as appealing as perpetuating the myth of the boogeyman.
Quick answer? Of course not. I grew up as a lover of horror movies and beat-em ups on the NES, SNES, N64, etc, and have never hurt anyone. Now, my husband (who also grew up playing violent video games and watching violent movies) and I still play violent video games and watch violent movies. Neither of us have ever hurt anyone. Never would either, unless it was absolutely necessary.
You folks need to just realize that someone messed up in the head is messed up in the head. If Cruz, for instance, had never seen a violent movie or played a violent video game, he would still be crazy, and still would have done what he did. Demonizing movies, games, and music out of ignorance is, well, ignorant. Why don't we try getting people with mental issues help, instead of trying to blame video games? Huh? What do you say?
" Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence? "
I think music has probably contributed more to kids thinking violence is part of the norm. It's still on the shooter though, they have a screw loose,
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