A growing body of evidence shows no link between violent video games and mass shootings.
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President Trump suggested video games are among the factors driving people to commit mass shootings, like the ones in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, this weekend — but research shows that connections between the two are practically non-existent.Monday morning, Trump said, “We must stop the glorification of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace.
Since the 90s, sales of video games have increased while incidents of youth homicide have dropped, according to theA 2004 report by the Secret Service and Department of Education found that, out of dozens of mass shootings, only 12% of perpetrators showed interest in violent video games.this year that no correlation exists between the amount of time someone spends playing video games and their predilection towards committing violent acts.
Despite a growing body of evidence to the contrary, GOP lawmakers—including House minority leader Kevin McCarthy and Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick—cited violent video games as a driver behind the Dayton and El Paso shootings.After the 1999 Columbine shooting, investigators discovered the two gunmen enjoyed playing, a multiplayer shooting game.
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