I'm going to need some research links for that, please, as I believe the exact opposite.  Sounds a lot like the Dungeons & Dragons bunk from a few decades ago.  Watching fake people die in videogames has never, ever affected me in near the same way as watching real human beings realisitcally depict death in films.  Not even close.  I think violent films are far more potentially damaging to children--not that they should necessarily have access to either, of course.

Because his Aspergers syndrome was pointed out as a potential cause for his violent behavior...Aspergers is a well documented form of Autism and like all forms of Autism violent bevaior is not associated with with Asperger's. So if his Aspergers is one of the deciding factors in his choice to act out violently then his crime would be an anomoly, for the same reason that his learning to shoot a gun, his playing violent video games, the fact that he shot guns with his mother, or any other of the highlighted causes would make this crime an anomoly. As I said, most likely none of those things mentioned had anything to do with his choice to act violently.

Most stores that sell or rent games won't let kids have them.  Sure, some get through, but the overwhelming majory of kids who play violent games get them from a parent.  Even if they get them another way, it still often means that the parents aren't making any effort to see what their kid is playing.  It's not like a porn magazine they can sneak into the bathroom, games have to be played on large television screens.

I speak from experience on that.  I ran a video store for several years.  Even games where I felt I needed to make an extra effort to warn the parent about, like GTA, were usually met with a shrug.

Not that I'm necessarily saying those parents are bad.  Some know their children and what they can handle.  Some fifteen year olds can play or watch something 18+ with no problem, some can't.  It was those who display complete apathy that bothered me.

I agree with you as this applies to most cases. Keep in mind, you're going based on how these things affect you, but I'm talking about how it affects people with a certain combination of mental ailments. Asbergers is not usually associated with violent tendencies (in fact, it very rarely is), but some (very few) people with asbergers or autism also suffer from other mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, an inability or decreased ability to feel physical/emotional pain (I don't remember what that's called), and inability to distinguish fantasy from reality, or even psychosis. It is very, very rare for Asbergers or Autism to be associated with violence, but in those rare cases where some autism spectrum disorder is also present with other disorders, specifically resulting in violent tendencies, THAT is the very specific, rare case where violent media (especially video games) can be problematic.

My brother works at a facility that treats people with autism spectrum disorders, and the most violent cases he sees are commonly addicted to violent video games (and I mean, really, really addicted). They also tend to have parents who coddle them & give them whatever they want, so that may be part of it as well. Removing the access to violent media, as well as changing the parental dynamic usually results in a very positive change over the next year of treatment.

Just blame the parents. Easy as that. Lanza is the criminal here and his parents did not do enough to make sure the kid was getting the help he needed. The mom had guns up the wazoo and his dad was even there for him, or so the reports say.

It's not crazy but politicians are saying it like it has not been done a hundered time's before now. 

None of the study's to date have shown a link to video game violence that would come close to explaining the school shooting's that occur.

If you look at the top ten country's for violent video game's 9 out of 10 have the lowest rate's of crime in the world.

The exeption was America a nation flooded with gun's, severe social economic problem's and poor mental health care.

People are using the violent video game's argument as a get out of jail free card for really fixing the issue.

By the time the study's are done people will have sufficiently gotten past the shooting for politician's to do what they do best: NOTHING

I replied to almost all of these in my replies above to other peoples' posts.

If you beleive that movie's and music and book's that have violent theme's don't negatively affect the mind's of disturbed people and lead them to commit violent shooting's then why not just have them be a part of the study as well? 

I have no problem with a fair study being done as the results will liekly be as they have been that video game's can result in a temporary adrenalin increase that can lead to a slight increase in agressive actions at best. 

If it were violent video game's this would be a global problem but it seem's to be more of an American issue than anything else.

The "almost" implies that you did not adress it all.

I would like to hear you're opinion's on that which you did not adress.

We could ban, every game. how much do you think the game industry worth ?.

How many job do you think. How will it cost the USA in taxe payer.

they are so quick to find something or someone to blame. NRA ?


Mental problem without help, easy access to gun that about it.

someone who want to reproduce a game or movie violence (Are just already person with deep mental problem that it.)

if he can buy guns, well that a problem. If he can Access to a gun that a other problem.

I work in social service, and some people cannot be close to sharp object or event pen. Why the hell that rule couldn't be set for case or people ??