I remember this debate back in the 80's and 90's, but back then it was action movies with Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Van Damme that got the blame for school bullying, kids fighting on the streets etc. Even murder.
Violence has been a part of human society since society was formed, it lies in social structure, economy, educational level and frustrations, sexual impulse, fear and alienating, minority oppression, oppression of human rights, general inequality, religion and the big baddie in the western world; phychology and depression, especially in these instances with school shootings.
Video games and violent action movies, however, have very little to do with this. One of the primary reasons why games get the blame now is that they have made their appearance and way into the mainstream media more than before, the whole world is exposed to them even if they never play them. People are aware that games exist but know virtually nothing about how they're made, who makes them, who buys the games and under which circumstances and they know least of all whether there's a connection between real life violence and violence in games and movies.
Why don't they ban the news? Showing violent footage there happens all the time and that's even from real life, its not like a news broadcast has a rating system. Depicting violence in in pixel form or in exaggerated motion that is mostly a carricature of reality is shunned while showing actual pictures of real violence is accepted, that, to me, is seriously twisted logic.
I think my above examples are what drives violence in real life, not video games.
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