In a recent article "Gun violence task force meets video game leaders as debate continues", Mariano Castillo explains the world wide debate on how to control guns and violent video games. Due to the mass murder in Connecticut the U.S. is in a tail spin looking for the right answer. What would this world be without guns? Remember that it is not the guns fault, but the person who uses that gun is to blame. But people are still seeking a scapegoat to take the explains and that is where video games come into play. They are as much to blame as the gun itself, just another object to be used as we so fit. The reality of it all that everyone just chooses not to see is that people are just violent, some more so that others.
Castillo says that Joe Biden, vice president of the country, met with the game leaders on Friday, and Biden says, " 'We know there is no single answer...". Exactly, many of the people who are so quick to put the blame on video games aren't even considering other things. They are just point to the first violent thing they see and blaming it for their kids or others bad behavior. He goes on to say " ... and, quite frankly, we don't even know whether some of the things people think impact on this (gun violence) actually impact on it or not." Because there is no conclusive data proving that videogames are linked to violent behavior. Which the lack of data is just more proof that they don't make people violent. Sure some violent people play video games, video games are fun and even psychopaths like to have fun from time to time. That doesn't mean the government should take away video games cause some violent people play them, they might as well take Sonic or Walmart away too, cause I'm pretty sure they shop or eat there too.
Some states are not waiting for the government to step in, such as Massachusetts Castillo states, "in Massachusetts, action has been taken against violent video games. Specifically, operators of four rest stops have removed -- at the state's request -- arcade games with guns or 'shooting components,' said Sara Lavoie, a spokeswoman for Massachusetts' Department of Transportation." Sure taking these little arcade games aren't really that big of a deal but it's the principle of the matter. For one video games have nothing to do with violent behavior, and secondly they are just wasting time when they could be coming up with new and actually useful laws to stop gun violence. Massachusetts is not the only state working on weeding out violence. Castillo explains, "In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal -- like Dewhurst, a Republican -- on Friday proposed legislation to join 17 other states and make mental health records part of the screening criteria for federal background checks to buy firearms." Now this is a step in the right direction. Guns and video games are not the bad guys, but the people who shoots the gun to intentionally hurt someone is and it should definitely be hard for him to purchase a weapon.
In my opinion, violent video games are not the big cause to all this mass destruction. The person who is behind the gun should be to take the blame. People are just violent in nature, some more so than others and people just need to except that. And I do not the think the government should take away our guns either. Complete gun control or no video games is not the answer. This nation cannot control gun violence, but our government can try to make it harder for the crazy people that would do this kind of stuff to get there hands on guns, if not impossible for them to.
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