NRA condemns games in wake of Connecticut shooting

And so the onslaught just keeps coming towards video games. Another shooting and another case to blame our beloved hobby.I know a lot of threads similarly have been made but gamers need to be made aware of how much flak the industry is getting

"National Rifle Association vice president Wayne LaPierre says violent video games like Bulletstorm and Mortal Kombat partially to blame for last week's deadly shooting in Connecticut."

I'm getting pretty sick of this crap, they always try to blame everything else except the real cause. They downplay stuff like mental health and go on a vendetta against video games. Seems like they have underlying problems with violence in games and use these tragedies to target gaming.

Source

Stupid video games, always killing people.

When will they stop it ?

the more and more video games are to blame for the Connecticut Shooting, the more I think the murderer never played Video Games.

A lot of blah blah blah. Scapegoating. Just scapegoating.freedomfreak

Yup...

A lot of blah blah blah. Scapegoating. Just scapegoating.freedomfreak

That's basically all it is

Makes me feel sick how some of the world can think that games or movies are responbile for these kinds of issues.

The problem for me is two things, way to easy to get guns and its not easy enough for people with mental issues to get help. I think if they can WORK on those two things we would have slightly less of this kind of big violence happening.

I don't recall any videogame or movies in 25+ years of gaming making me feel like I should go shoot random people or kids, not even close. In fact the exact opposite, games and movies are relaxing.

I do not think games are the only problem but I do think games are part of the problem. If all media has no moral balance what do you expect? Music, movies, TV, news, comic books, novels, and yes games are filled with violence, sex, cursing,ect. Children are only exposed to the worst in all of media. I will give a example when I was growing up Facts of Life had a episode that was about premarital sex. The episode was about Natalie and she was with her boyfriend for at least a year. It was a major episode where the two sat down to talk about it and it was not a easy choice. Can you name any show now that would have a show about premarital sex be a big deal? Hell MTV which aims towards a younger audience and it shows sex left and right. Violence is just as bad if not worse. GTA is not even extreme anymore and that says a lot. When GTA first came out just being able to carjack anyone or beat up anyone was just insane but now it is nothing.

If anytime a person read a book, watches a movie, plays a game, watches the news, ect and that is the norm for them what do you expect. We live in a culture that caters to the worst.

Gotta love that good old conservative scapegoating!

Dumbass! No seriously you really are a idiot.CanYouDiglt

Says the guy that just connected premarital sex to a school shooting.

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]Dumbass! No seriously you really are a idiot.agpickle

Says the guy that just connected premarital sex to a school shooting.

The guy is an idiot. Sadly the media isn't going to let the video game industry defend itself.

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]Dumbass! No seriously you really are a idiot.agpickle

Says the guy that just connected premarital sex to a school shooting.

lol real classic, comming from the NRA ..the root of this problem.

[QUOTE="agpickle"]

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]Dumbass! No seriously you really are a idiot.CanYouDiglt

Says the guy that just connected premarital sex to a school shooting.

One of the killers favorite games was Mario, so unless he went in there throwing turtle shells I do not see the conncection.

Wait so ban video games, but not auto-rifles which are meant for war..

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"][QUOTE="agpickle"]

Says the guy that just connected premarital sex to a school shooting.

MBirdy88

Wait so ban video games, but not auto-rifles which are meant for war..

Jankarcop

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"][QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]Why delete 80% of my post? My original post said moral balance in general. You also deleted the part I even mentioned violence. CanYouDiglt

They need to rework the gun-control laws. The individual had access to legally obtained firearms. With harder access, he would have had a much harder time, which potentially could have saved the lives of those children. Firearms have advanced a great deal between 1791 and today (though they do have more up-to-date policies).

I was watching this guy on the news live as he was giving this speech, and after a while i could tell he was just building up to "what we really need are MORE guns in schools, in the hands of 'good guys'" well that sounds like a much better idea than actually trying to get rid of the few that make it there in the hands of lunatics :roll:

Yeah its all very good trying to make video games the scapegoat and cherry-picking a few titles you think will get the ignorant people on your side but unfortunately video games (violent ones included) are mighty popular in countries other than America. Yet funnily enough gun crime is waaaay higher in the US, hmm i wonder why that could be..........

Yeah you could ban all violent video games from retail, but there'd still be millions of guns in the US potentially in the hands of the mentally ill, who will then just move on to blaming something else like movies, until we get to a point where we're essentially just re-enacting the movie Equilibrium...with the US still full of guns.

As a member of the NRA myself, I should staee that not everyone in the organization agrees with it. The NRA is really like "insurance" to myself and other gun owners, we are glad it exists as it stops the anti-gun loonies from trampiling over our 2nd amendment rights. But the NRA often does a lot more harm than it should, contrary to some myths, most gun owners do support some gun control measures.

The NRA is using a scape goat, lot's of people are. Some people are going to blame guns, some are going to blame games, in the end we need to look at the overall picture and stop pointing fingers. I will post the gun control measures I would like to see implemented in my blog later, but as of right now we should try to find the root of the issue.

The blame game get's us no where.

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"][QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]I already replied to your post and what I said was you seem to be very young just judging by your responses so I would rather not invilve myself in some debate with you.CanYouDiglt

I do agree that mainstream games cause to a certain extent violence in people, but it's when united with other violent mainstream medias that this happens.

A way to resolve this is to simply play indie games, since they don't glorify violence.

As a member of the NRA I am ashamed of today's speech, but they also said that there needs to be more security at schools.

We have security at the airport, sporting events, but don't have any at the schools our children go to which are mandatory to attend by the way. I don't agree with the NRA's view of videogames but I do agree with the overall message which is guns are not the problem. Just like videogames are not the problem.

kuu2

I also agree with the NRA's stance that we need security in schools, that is just common sense.

The real people who should be blamed are the news and media. Turning this guy into an anti-hero and making him the centre of the contraversy rather than focusing on the families. Now others will see it and go "He got his name and face spread all over the world for doing this" and they will go do it themselves for the same fame.

[QUOTE="kuu2"]

As a member of the NRA I am ashamed of today's speech, but they also said that there needs to be more security at schools.

We have security at the airport, sporting events, but don't have any at the schools our children go to which are mandatory to attend by the way. I don't agree with the NRA's view of videogames but I do agree with the overall message which is guns are not the problem. Just like videogames are not the problem.

ShadowMoses900

I also agree with the NRA's stance that we need security in schools, that is just common sense.

More security I agree with. Putting guns on those people though is not a good idea. Fighting guns with more guns is not the answer

Also weren't the doors locked on the school and the dude shot an entrance into the school?

They said that the gunman had some sort of mental issues. I would say the exactly same thing for those NRA f@ggots.

GamerwillzPS

I never thought i'd say this to you but... well said :D

[QUOTE="kuu2"]

As a member of the NRA I am ashamed of today's speech, but they also said that there needs to be more security at schools.

We have security at the airport, sporting events, but don't have any at the schools our children go to which are mandatory to attend by the way. I don't agree with the NRA's view of videogames but I do agree with the overall message which is guns are not the problem. Just like videogames are not the problem.

ShadowMoses900

I also agree with the NRA's stance that we need security in schools, that is just common sense.

Let's pretend that video games actually induce violence for the following scenarios.

Ban Video games: shootings can still occur due to other factors.

Ban guns: no more shootings.

Which would be the better thing to ban?

As a member of the NRA I am ashamed of today's speech, but they also said that there needs to be more security at schools.

We have security at the airport, sporting events, but don't have any at the schools our children go to which are mandatory to attend by the way. I don't agree with the NRA's view of videogames but I do agree with the overall message which is guns are not the problem. Just like videogames are not the problem.

kuu2

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

[QUOTE="kuu2"]

As a member of the NRA I am ashamed of today's speech, but they also said that there needs to be more security at schools.

We have security at the airport, sporting events, but don't have any at the schools our children go to which are mandatory to attend by the way. I don't agree with the NRA's view of videogames but I do agree with the overall message which is guns are not the problem. Just like videogames are not the problem.

seanmcloughlin

I also agree with the NRA's stance that we need security in schools, that is just common sense.

More security I agree with. Putting guns on those people though is not a good idea. Fighting guns with more guns is not the answer

Also weren't the doors locked on the school and the dude shot an entrance into the school?

Security without guns is pointless. I conceal carry, trust me you need a gun to fight back against an attacker with a gun. They target places where there are no guns, schools, hospitals, theaters etc....they know the others are defensless. If people there did have guns the criminals wouldn't do it.

[QUOTE="MBirdy88"][QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"] Well just in general the things you say. I will give a example with blaming a entire country though Attempted genocide happens all the time in Africa Riots all over Europe The horrors of Sharia Law all over Middle East Censorship enforced by the governments in China and Eastern Europe I could go on in more detail in each area with far more. You just sound like a immature child with the hate on a nation. Also another thing if you have the balls to bash America at least have the same amount to say where you are from.CanYouDiglt

Don't waste your time bro, he's not worth it.

Scapegoating FTL.