Gun violence is an increasing issue creating many debates on what the probable causes are. America has had a focused cause among children and youth; video games. Many proposals alongside gun control include how violent video games cause tendencies of engagement in real and harmful violence, particularly within the youth population. The ongoing argument on whether the video game industry leads/induces violent or aggressive behaviors within youth and children. While parents should keep a vigilant eye on their children when playing violent video games is a good thing, a child playing violent video games does not increase the probability that child will cause real violence within their lifetime. Many tend to believe the Sandy Hook
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Doug Gentile, an Iowa State professor claims these blames and controversial views only surface when tragedies happen, like Columbine or Sandy hook. Each time a tragedy has happened a new video game has been blamed. For instance, when the Sandy Hook shooting happened, Adam Lanza stole his brother Ryan’s ID which was found on his body afterword. Before this information was released the media and internet found Ryan enjoyed playing Mass Effect (another shooting game) which was then blamed by hundreds for the shooting that occurred. Although Ryan had nothing to do with the shooting people instantly blamed the video games he enjoyed playing. One Facebook comment to the mass effect Facebook page by and unknown user stated “a guy who loves this game just shot and killed 25 people based on this game, and we think these games have no effect on people? He KILLED 18 KINDERGARTEN kids in cold blood” another stated “Yeah…Ryan Lanza “LIKED” your game. He just gunned down a kindergarten class” (Menezes). These comments posted full blame on the video game for an occurrence that had nothing to do with the game, let alone the boy they were accusing of committing the
Doug Gentile, an Iowa State professor claims these blames and controversial views only surface when tragedies happen, like Columbine or Sandy hook. Each time a tragedy has happened a new video game has been blamed. For instance, when the Sandy Hook shooting happened, Adam Lanza stole his brother Ryan’s ID which was found on his body afterword. Before this information was released the media and internet found Ryan enjoyed playing Mass Effect (another shooting game) which was then blamed by hundreds for the shooting that occurred. Although Ryan had nothing to do with the shooting people instantly blamed the video games he enjoyed playing. One Facebook comment to the mass effect Facebook page by and unknown user stated “a guy who loves this game just shot and killed 25 people based on this game, and we think these games have no effect on people? He KILLED 18 KINDERGARTEN kids in cold blood” another stated “Yeah…Ryan Lanza “LIKED” your game. He just gunned down a kindergarten class” (Menezes). These comments posted full blame on the video game for an occurrence that had nothing to do with the game, let alone the boy they were accusing of committing the