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gergroy said:
I agree video games arent the reason for violence... At least not a main reason. Video games alone will not drive a person to violence, a well balanced person can shoot all the fake people they want and still be extremely well adjusted.

The problem is that video games can help further distance a already mentally ill person from reality. Just as any other form of media. This is the destinction that all the news media fails to mention when they cite video games as a cause for violence.

This is my thought as well, but I was kind of hesitant to post it. I think video games are more likely to influence real-world behavior when looking at impressionable individuals, such as young kids and mentally-ill individuals. I vaguely remember a study about this a while back.