Are violent video games like GTA V and Call of Duty the cause to the mass shootings happening? Today, many kids from the age 12 and up are playing violent video games nearly daily. Kids in our society today like to play blood filled video games which, according to researchers, are the reason for them doing shootouts and going on rampages. Many shooters in today's society are linked are linked back to video games and being influenced negatively by them. Many of the mass shooters that we know of have something in common. Video games Benedict carey stated, in ¨Shooting in the Dark”, "The young men who opened fire at Columbine High School, at the movie theater in Aurora Colorado, and other massacres had this in common: they were video gamers who seemed to
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VIolent video games can make teens act out in an aggressive way according to Studies, ”After each day, those who played the violent video games had an increase in their hostile expectations.” Obviously, the kids assigned to the violent video games had an increase in aggression. In addition to this, Many shootings break out and the release of Grand Theft Auto V happen at about the same time. “Two events happened this week...The first: a mass shooting in Washington, D.C. Second: The release of Grand Theft Auto V” Kain(1). Clearly, It can be easy to link these two events due to GTA V being a rather aggressive game. The release and the shootings are two events that quincedentaly happened near the same week, some may say. Although it may be true that the two events may not be linked, "it's kind of hard not to make a connection between games and the Navy Yard shooting when you hear the shooter's friend saying that he would watch on a life size screen these violent video games for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours." The violent video games are causing kids to act out video games. But as time increases so do the hostile expectations for the
VIolent video games can make teens act out in an aggressive way according to Studies, ”After each day, those who played the violent video games had an increase in their hostile expectations.” Obviously, the kids assigned to the violent video games had an increase in aggression. In addition to this, Many shootings break out and the release of Grand Theft Auto V happen at about the same time. “Two events happened this week...The first: a mass shooting in Washington, D.C. Second: The release of Grand Theft Auto V” Kain(1). Clearly, It can be easy to link these two events due to GTA V being a rather aggressive game. The release and the shootings are two events that quincedentaly happened near the same week, some may say. Although it may be true that the two events may not be linked, "it's kind of hard not to make a connection between games and the Navy Yard shooting when you hear the shooter's friend saying that he would watch on a life size screen these violent video games for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours." The violent video games are causing kids to act out video games. But as time increases so do the hostile expectations for the