On 5/29/2018 at 3:46:09 PM, wrote:



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/05/29/what-parkland-parents-think-of-a-new-video-game-that-lets-people-shoot-up-a-school/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.af149acadba4


I am sure there is much more of a connection between school shootings
and video games than there is between the shootings and absurdly easy
availability to guns. ;-)


From the article you posted (you really should read what you post):

But some recent research has challenged the popular consensus that mass
killers are fueled, inspired or otherwise desensitized to violence by
playing violent games.

And even more surprising to some, limited data points to school
shooters as being less interested in violent video games than most of
their adolescent male peers.

An analysis of 10 school shooters between 2005 and 2012, including the
Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook gunmen, showed that only two played
violent video games with any regularity.

That is much lower than the 70 percent of male high school students who
show interest in those types of games, said Patrick Markey, a Villanova
University psychology professor and co-author of “Moral Combat:

While there is no clear reason that there is a disparity between the
groups, researchers say video games are so culturally ingrained that
avoiding the often-communal ritual of playing games with friends can
point to the antisocial behavior sometimes associated with killers.

"Kids who are psychologically healthy tend to do things their peers
do," Markey told The Washington Post on Tuesday. "It’s a sign of health
and normal for kids to play violent video games whether parents like it
or not."