It's sort of a weird question. Video game junkies spend all their money and time on video games, affecting their relationships, their health, and all aspects of their lives - but usually they don't hit someone over the head with a game killing them....
Gun violence is actually down, according to the FBI statistics - as all violent crime is. Property crime has risen a lot since 2008. So maybe people are stealing video games?....again, odd comparison....
US Senator Said Games Are Bigger Problem Than Guns: Video Games Affect More People than Guns?
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2013/01/30 23:00:00
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US Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) told NBC News his position on guns and video games.
ARSTECHNICA.COM reports:
I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, because video games affect people. But the First Amendment limits what we can do about video games and the Second Amendment to the Constitution limits what we can do about guns.
ARSTECHNICA.COM reports:
Don't worry, he doesn't want to pry your controller from your cold, dead hands.
Read More: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/yes-a-us-sen...
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concerned2 2013/01/30 23:53:11
Reality: Guns don't kill people. People with guns kill people. Not people with X-box controllers.
This ties in to the second amendment that gives citizens the option of owning a gun. It is their right to be able to bear arms and protect themselves and or others. The police will not always be there EXACTLY when you need them.
Just because one person does something bad with their gun does not mean everyone that owns one is out to go on a murder rampage. Not all car owners drink and drive, but cars are not being banned despite the fact that vehicular accidents kill more people a year than guns do.
Guns can be beneficial in the sense that they can be used to protect a person and their family as well as to gather food for a person and their family. Video games can be beneficial as they can help problem solving skills, hand-eye coordination, and can be used as training aides.
Do I think gun related crime is linked to video games? Absolutely not.
U.S Senator said that? He is nothing but another stupid politician, with nothing better to do then to try and control our lives. Just like the other 100 Senator's, and other type of politicians.
40 years ago, lots of guns and a miniscule percentage of violence in our societies.
Today , still lots of guns, but also lots of violent video games, in almost every home, and being played by children who should be getting their influences from their parents not some inanimate violence factory !
But if you are going to blame the video games, then you also have to blame the music. If you blame the music, then you also have to blame the TV shows. If you're going to blame the TV shows, then you also have to blame the movies. If you blame the movies, then you also have to blame books. When are we going to realize that it's the parents not properly teaching their children that are the ones to blame?
Like you said, your teachers and counselors would talk to you about your guns. Not today. The policy seems to be let everyone else teach my kid as well as out of sight out of mind. I agree that the children should be getting their influences from their parents and not the TV/video game console, but alas, they are. Here's the question. What is the point of having ratings on video games if parents are just going to buy them for the kids anyway?
Those who claimed theywere affected by the game, were already criminal minded. i do howveer, some do make people have epileptic seizures.
I still feel that games are protected by the first amendment, and that enough has been done to keep them out of childrens hands. people need to take more responsibility, and keep violent games away from kids, and maybe focus less on making such gore filled graphically violent games in the future.
The real problem is the government trying to find more and more ways to control the citizens of this country. They really need to just focus on things like the debt and maintaining highways etc.
This is sort of a one sided question, because neither of them are correlated to causing acts of violence, but if I could add another category, it'd be prescription drugs. Causes more rampages than any game or gun or even a mentally insane person without their use EVER did, bar-none.
Have a look at this video. It may be eye-opening for you. I didn't know what anti-depressants, etc could do to your brain chemistry before researching it after the sandy hook shooting. Like I said, watch this. If you are anti gun because of these mass shootings, you maybe better off being anti-psycoactive drugs. Problem? Meds kill you and other people legally and are controlled by a lobby far stronger than the pro-gun lobby could ever hope to be.
Heh. You think it's just a coincidence that approx 95% of all mass shooters/killers are on these prescription drugs? It makes you wonder if they would've commited the act without them, and I would probably tell you they wouldn't have. These drugs make you l...
This is sort of a one sided question, because neither of them are correlated to causing acts of violence, but if I could add another category, it'd be prescription drugs. Causes more rampages than any game or gun or even a mentally insane person without their use EVER did, bar-none.
Have a look at this video. It may be eye-opening for you. I didn't know what anti-depressants, etc could do to your brain chemistry before researching it after the sandy hook shooting. Like I said, watch this. If you are anti gun because of these mass shootings, you maybe better off being anti-psycoactive drugs. Problem? Meds kill you and other people legally and are controlled by a lobby far stronger than the pro-gun lobby could ever hope to be.
Heh. You think it's just a coincidence that approx 95% of all mass shooters/killers are on these prescription drugs? It makes you wonder if they would've commited the act without them, and I would probably tell you they wouldn't have. These drugs make you lose yourself. You could kill your entire family and not even realise what you just did, until it's too late, and you have your entire family stabbed, shot, or beaten to death before your eyes, wondering why you just did what you did. It's frightening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Sure we may throw our controllers at the wall or shout obscenities at the screen. But those are in frustration and it goes away once we calm down.
Let stop people from saying murder and torcher have something to do with sex. Lets make it illegal to do a song about violence too.
Games? really? we have a lot to censor than just games. The fact of the matter is that ...........
85ish of the worlds top serial killers are white.
8 out of 10 mass shooting where 3 or more people are killed are done by whites.
S&M; was started by whites.
White peoples tattoos depict more violence and anti god than any other race.
Jews who own hollywood makes most of the tv shows and movies about murder, greed or cheating.
Jews segregate movies into racial stereotypes.
Black rappers glorify gangsta life and the 9mm in particular.
Spanish people have the most gang members.
Asians have the most force prostitution.
Muslims believe in violence as it is written into the Koran.
Everybody contributes but some contribute more than others.
I know plenty of 16yo who play call of duty and Grand Theft Auto who would never go on a killing spree or an egg throw.