Gun violence in the U.S. has become a direct concern of the POTUS.
After the Sandy Hook shooting, President Obama tasked Vice President Biden to look into violent media and its influence on shootings in the United States.
Since the Newtown incident, politicians and parents alike have blamed the NRA and violent media, particularly videogames, for the shooting. The NRA refused to take accountability, scapegoating violent videogames. ""There exists in this country, sadly" said NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, "A callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people."
The argument against violent videogames is an age old one, used time and time again against TV, movies, music, and even literature.
As a result, Joe Biden is meeting with groups with completely differing views on the issue, including videogame industry representatives, the NRA, and victims of gun violence. It was recently made clear that the videogame representative to meet with Joe Biden is ESA CEO Michael Gallagher.
The vice president's findings will then be handed over to President Obama, who will be addressing them in his State of the Union speech to be given later this month.
Furthermore, a weapon of any sort placed on a table will not hurt anyone. It's the person who eventually picks up the weapon is what makes it potentially dangerous.
Furthermore, a weapon of any sort placed on a table will not hurt anyone. It's the person who eventually picks up the weapon is what makes it potentially dangerous.
Because, you know, ever since violent video games popped up in the market way back in the day, the frequency of violent incidents per year was suddenly boosted by 2000%.
Go take a friggin' hike.
Unfortunately there is a link between violent video games and teens that commit gun violence. Gov't needs to promote harsh penalties for parents allowing their kids access to their fire arms. Any parent that is clueless that their kid is stockpiling weapons or showing hostile intentions need to have the book thrown at them.
Whats really funny is that if assault weapons had not been available he would have used hand guns and if they had not been available he would of used a bomb or an axe or a teaspoon. Guns dont kill people, people kill people.
There is a stronger and more demonstrable link between teens that commit gun violence and teens who have access to firearms.
Video games exist all over the world, yet only in the country that has almost one gun per head of population do these atrocities occur.
Don't be a buffoon, People with guns kill people.
Seriously, dude, you just categorized your own parents with your comment! Just take a second to read what you just posted!
As mentioned people kill people. Driving a car while intoxicated is identical to a loaded gun!
But maybe just maybe there's a link between DUI and video games
It'd be nice if we actually looked into why this person was allowed to try to buy guns so many times, was rejected over and over again, but nobody bothered to actually take a hint that something might have been wrong. It'd be nice if we could get the truth about what weapons were left behind in the vehicle and which ones were actually used. It'd be nice if we studied the positive benefits of video games and shooters instead of just focusing on the potential negative impact for a small subset of the population. It'd be nice if we treated individuals like individuals and recognized this was an isolated incident that no one-size-fits-all solution can take care of. It'd be nice if we had an honest discussion about healthcare and mental health rather than ramming through big ideas and industry handouts instead of actually improving the results of patient care.