YouGov poll suggests 61% of Brits feel games cause real world violence

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Kasz216 said:

Cubedramirez said:

DJEVOLVE said:
This is the same shit republicans tried to pull after the sandy hook event. UK has conservatives too. It's most likely more old people that vote. Take the pull with people under 30, bet that pull changes drastically. Old votes hold us back.

that will be all I debate politics on this site. There is clear bias on this site. 

There is so much wrong with that I don't know where to begin. 

By the way you lost it when you said Republicans tried to pull that as an exclusive and you doubled down when you said 'Old votes hold us back'.

Though I share your disgust with anyone trying to find an easy answer as a scape goat to explain a mental health issue, you might want to take a second look at the bigger picture of who's trying to limit video game purchases and censor content. It's not so left and right as you might think. 

Examples.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/dianne-feinstein-video-games_n_3016703.html

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/277781-dem-bill-would-ban-sale-of-violent-games-to-minors

The Anti-videogame lobby is basically "Everyone in congress" but they can't get past that tricky first ammendment.

 

The NRA actually did have a point there too.  Videogames and in general our culture of violence has a LOT more to do with violent acts than guns.

Both are very negligable, the big difference is that we aren't on a guns forum.

The NRA does not have a point actually. The top ten nations in terms of violent video game consumption contain nine of the least violent nations. America is the exeption to this and guns are the outlier along with an extreme crime rate.

Also using guns has been shown to increase violent tendancies temporarily just like video games but to a greater degree, not to metion the increased ability they provide for these outliing killers.

The causal link between violent media and actual crimes does not exist like the clear link between guns availibility and mass shootings.

But I still oppose gun restriction along side video games restriction as I believe freedom comes at a cost we should be willing to pay. It is just the absurdity of people who support the second amendment comming after thoose who support the first.