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I don't think any MENTALLY NORMAL person will, simply by playing Call of Duty or Left 4 Dead or other violent video game, decide on that basis to go out and kill a bunch of innocent people at random.
A mentally ABNORMAL person may become fixated on ANYTHING, and not have the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy, right and wrong... in which case the video game is not the causal agent, the mental illness is the cause.
That would be my concern as well. Growing up in a hunting culture, kids learn that guns do kill, and they (hopefully) learn a little about the seriousness of using firearms. When you can play video games, where you are shooting human figures, and you get the reinforcement of sound and visual effects, but don't have to actually associate your own actions with a real consequence, I just think it causes some inability to understand the seriousness of shooting.
A few years ago, I would have said no. For the past couple of years, I'm seriously starting to wonder if violence in video games is having a detrimental effect on some kids, because they get so wrapped up in them, that it may become an alternate reality, of sorts, especially when they spend so much time alone, and interacting with a computer.
That would be my concern as well. Growing up in a hunting culture, kids learn that guns do kill, and they (hopefully) learn a little about the seriousness of using firearms. When you can play video games, where you are shooting human figures, and you get the reinforcement of sound and visual effects, but don't have to actually associate your own actions with a real consequence, I just think it causes some inability to understand the seriousness of shooting.
Based on what? The CT shooter came from extreme wealth, hardly an "access" problem. I think more it is denial to admit that your kin may be seen as "defective".
Something like this "logic": Little Johnny is a bit odd, he pulls the legs off of grasshoppers and has no friends that like to play with him, but he will "grow out of it" OK - no sense in marring his "permanent record" with all of that psycho-babble, or trying to drug him into "normality".
Do you have any proof at all of this, I despise violence and guns. I am anti-gun, and believe that violence is only acceptable when all diplomatic channels have failed.
I'm not certain, Gosh, when we talk about kids growing up on violent video games. I think video games may in some way dehumanize violence and the consequences of violence.
I disagree as knowing what is real and what is entertainment is not difficult for normal people to discern. Awareness of forced sex and violence should not, in any way, make you wish to immitate or accept those actions. If that were true then all remaining native Americans would likely be long gone by now, due to the intense popularity of westerns.
Before video games though, these same kids would be out torturing squirrels... the issue is the person. It is like guns. Guns are not the issue, the person is.
Its just common sense to me.
If it doesn't make you more acceptable of violence, what are your proposals for reducing the number of innocent people being slaughtered each year in this country?
I have no argument with that, and I agree that the person is the problem, but what concerns me is the alternate reality that video games can create for people who are already screwed up. I'm not advocating that we ban violent video games.
If it doesn't make you more acceptable of violence, what are your proposals for reducing the number of innocent people being slaughtered each year in this country?
If it doesn't make you more acceptable of violence, what are your proposals for reducing the number of innocent people being slaughtered each year in this country?
Strict sentencing, including the death penalty, and regardless of the insanity plea.
Real enforcement of existing laws would be a very good start, but that is very expensive as most are simply plead down and the prisons are full. Most US violent crime is drug/gang related and occurs in "no tell" (free crime) zones, aka urban centers. Too much focus is on the "spectacular" mass/serial killings and too little on the "normal" crime. I realize that simply avoiding these "free crime" zones is perfectly acceptable to most, and that they get excited only when it spills over into their "safe turf" but guns/movies/games are not the problem, "normal" criminals and the criminally insane are. When we get serious about removing the vast majority of "normal" criminals from society then perhaps we can address these "side" issues.
Crazy people are not concerned with sentencing or the death penalty. We need to fight this gun violence on many fronts, among them:
violence ratings on video games and movies just like they devised for sexual content;
Banning high capacity magazines and the guns that use them;
Requiring a waiting period for new gun purchases in all states, including at gun shows;
Extending the background check to mental history;
Those are the best proposals I've heard. What are other suggestions?
Crazy people are not concerned with sentencing or the death penalty. We need to fight this gun violence on many fronts, among them:
violence ratings on video games and movies just like they devised for sexual content;
Banning high capacity magazines and the guns that use them;
Requiring a waiting period for new gun purchases in all states, including at gun shows;
Extending the background check to mental history;
Those are the best proposals I've heard. What are other suggestions?
Crazy people are not concerned with sentencing or the death penalty. We need to fight this gun violence on many fronts, among them:
Crazy people are not concerned with sentencing or the death penalty. We need to fight this gun violence on many fronts, among them:
1.)violence ratings on video games and movies just like they devised for sexual content;
2.) Banning high capacity magazines and the guns that use them;
3.) Requiring a waiting period for new gun purchases in all states, including at gun shows;
4.) Extending the background check to mental history;
5.)Those are the best proposals I've heard. What are other suggestions?
There are already ratings on video games, that have violence.
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