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"Finally, the ratings system and parental controls that the video game industry cites as evidence that the business is already regulated are only sufficient to ensure that their games do not make it into the hands of young children (which in itself is debatable) but does absolutely nothing to protect against catalyzing the psychosis of the mentally ill or the gradual and insidious blurring of the line between fantasy and reality for millions of adult Americans. Video game makers may not pull the trigger themselves any more than gun manufacturers do, but they potentially abet the act, and in that respect they are culpable."

No, they are not. You can NOT predict the motives and thinking of a psychopath. This line of thought is so insubstantial that it can be used to include any work ever produced. The simple fact is freedom of expression has always and will always have the possibility that .01% of any given population will interpret that as excuse to do something terrible they may well have done anyways or from a million other sources.