NRA blame video games Created 11 years ago2012-12-31 16:01:33 UTC by Skals

Have you guys heard about this?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/ca-senator-calls-nras-response-to-violent-games-pathetic-and-unacceptable-6401945

Basically, the National Rifles Association in America is suddenly blaming video games for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, they are trying to throw the blame onto something else, how pathetic is that?

That article is particularly interesting due to the fact that Californian Senator Leland Yee himself tried passing a law to limit violence in video games a few months ago, but was struck down, and the National Rifle Association was nowhere to be seen back then, and now all of a sudden when the pressure is on them, they decide violent video games are the fault.

Leland Yee called them pathetic, I think he's correct there.

Personally, I think it would be a good idea to limit violence in video games, but that's a completely different issue that has nothing to do with guns in America. I hope these assholes don't get away with it. I know some of you are against new laws being passed towards guns, but now you see what kind of people you're defending.

Really, out of all the mediums that kids who do school shootings take part in, studies have shown that they watch violent movies and read violent books more often than they play video games.

Once again i think your country is going to self destruct

Yes yes, let's all find a nice scapegoat. One that is considered a minority interest so there won't be a massive uproar if it gets blamed. So much better than pointing the finger at society. Because blaming the thing that actually causes these events could result in changes that prevent it in the future.

Dimbark you're missing the point, violence is everywhere these days, games, movies, books, all types of media. The point was, that this flipping Rifle Association group that's in charge of rifle use in America, doesn't want laws passed against them, and want to continue selling more guns to make more money, and their way of doing that is to blame video games for violence in their community, they want to push the blame upon something else so they can continue making money.
Violent video games may lead someone to committing violence himself, but he's going to do it with a gun, or a knife, or a fist, not a copy of call of duty.

Even then, only complete whackjobs actually get inspired from a video game to commit a violent crime.

they are trying to throw the blame onto something else, how pathetic is that?

Funny that you say that, considering you do the exact same thing with guns instead of video games.

I don't understand what you are saying, if you make a claim like that, back it up. The kids were murdered by a gun, not a video game. I'm against guns, guns were the tools used in these murders, not video games.
It is true that video games might have played some part in these murders, but they are not directly responsible for them like the Gun Association makes them out to be. I don't see what you're trying to say at all.

extremist opinions here
[both pro-gun & anti-gun, not singling your opinion out]

If some psycho murders somebody with a tyre iron, then it wouldn't be illogical to place blame on the tyre iron instead of the psycho who used it.
Therefore, we should ban tyre irons and remove them from circulation.

Blame the sick fucks that abuse tools, not the tools. The tools aren't capable of killing innocent people on their own.

"guns killed those kids, not video games"

I can kill you with a video game. Just brake its cd and slash your throat xD

Ok, nuf of that. Violence in video games has been present like 4 ever, I mean the earliest games, even pacman, were about good VS evil and killing, some maybe without killing, but 95% are. For gods sake, even chess is violent, my pawn kills your pawn...

And as said, we see violence everywhere, news, movies, books etc... but it is our own decision "are we going to use it, or not".

You must remember, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people".

If a person goes insane, or gets so angry that he would kill someone, there is no way of stopping him try it, with guns, or with any object, even his own limbs.

The thing is, people are different, they think differently, and come to conclusions in different ways. Maybe someone did commit a murder because he was inspired by a video game, but then, some get inspired by what they see on tv, or in their school, the street, or even their own home. What then, should we do about those things? Ban our eyesight and hearing?

The conclusion is, they know their society is screwed up because of them, America is as screwed up as it could be, and the leaders of it are the responsible ones, they who call the shots on what is going to be in the news and what not, those who instead of helping their poor, push them to the brink till they go into crime just to survive, but pay jails loads of cash, etc... (They basically want that [violence], but don't want to tell you normally, so they find a scapegoat). If video games didn't exist, they would go for movies instead, that is the hard boiled truth.

To the thing I said "they basically want that [violence]" I can explain with - Profit, control, fear.

How? Go watch V for Vendetta or Fight Club, or some quality reading like Brave new World or Nineteen Eighty Four if ur the type, and use ur head, its meant for it.

All things I knew. You can snap and kill one, two, three people with a knife, or 'tire iron' as Elliot mentioned, but a rifle is a weapon designed for war to kill masses of people. When would a sane person be in a situation where he would need to kill 20-30 people to defend himself? That wouldn't be self defense, that would be mass murder. A rifle is NOT the same as a tire iron, don't compare the two.

All things I knew. You can snap and kill one, two, three people with a knife, or 'tire iron' as Elliot mentioned, but a rifle is a weapon designed for war to kill masses of people. When would a sane person be in a situation where he would need to kill 20-30 people to defend himself? That wouldn't be self defense, that would be mass murder. A rifle is NOT the same as a tire iron, don't compare the two.
Why the fook did that double post?

Skals... everything is a weapon... you just have to know how to use it.

Inevitable

EDIT: Actually as it turns out assault rifles are very commonplace, with only 9 states actually banning them\having strict regulation on them.

Enforcing strict regulation on automatic rifles & submachine guns would help a fuckton, but removing weapons entirely is a pretty stupid choice.

Its pointless to discuss this anyway why don't we just stop ?

Its pointless to discuss this anyway why don't we just stop ?

Thats the attitude America has every time a tragedy occurs. Is it at all surprising that these tragedies continue to happen America? Some things never change I guess.

Oh, look. Skals has decided to trigger the same argument we've had a billion times before that doesn't go anywhere and just ends up with two or so people arguing heatedly at each other until everyone gets sick of it.

Not saying it's not a discussion that isn't worth having. Just saying this community has a bad habit of not keeping it in check.

inb4 thread close

You can kill up to 10x more people with a blade than a rifle.

Its not about "can it be used as a weapon" or "how powerful the weapon is" its about are you mentally ill or not. First fix that than think should you allow guns or not.

Stojke, my thoughts exactly. It is the peoples choice if they are gonna use weaps. or not. I personally think a small injection of air, or a muscle relaxant is the best way to kill a human. Or animal hihihi >:3

O, and I hate those who act they are sad when people get killed. A dozen of people get killed in eastern countries every day by the same Americans, why doesn't he cry for them? You know who I'm talking about, right?

"Stupid NRA finding a single, simple scapegoat to blame countless, unrelated tragedies on!" oh and also "Guns are the reason bad things happen. Yeah I'm picking a single, simple scapegoat but it's not the same because I'M RIGHT!"

The entire gun/media situation in a nutshell.

The US is a democracy right? So why can't this matter be solved with a public vote? It seems to me at times that the government doesn't care about what the people think and instead do what they think is best, which goes against the whole democratic system.

Nation wide public votes do not happen. We are a representative democracy.

I could go to walmart for the materials to build a bomb right fucking now. A gun is just 1 of countless instruments of death.

Video games are also a damn low catalyst for violence. I believe they actually help with aggression.