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In reply to the discussion: No matter if we stopped all gun sales tomorrow... [View all]theKed
(1,235 posts)69. And a whole bunch that doesn't
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01800.x/abstract
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/05/10/video-games-dont-cause-children-to-be-violent
http://www.thelocal.se/37756/20111206/#.UM1PZCr7GQg
Also these:
Correction to my previous post. I meant Jack Thompson, not Jack Chick (he's the crazy comicbook nutter - though worth a look for a chuckle, too)
" There was no significant relationship between the amount of time children spent on videogames and aggressive behavior...a positive relationship was found between time spent on videogames and a child's intelligence."
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/05/10/video-games-dont-cause-children-to-be-violent
"According to FBI statistics, youth violence has declined in recent years as computer and video game popularity soared. We do not claim that the increased popularity of games caused the decline, but the evidence makes a mockery of the suggestion that video games cause violent behavior. Indeed, as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declared: The state has not produced substantial evidence that
violent video games cause psychological or neurological harm to minors. "
http://www.thelocal.se/37756/20111206/#.UM1PZCr7GQg
"A great deal of the research exploring causal links between violent computer games and aggressive behaviour suffer from serious methodological deficiencies and don't provide sufficient evidence to establish a causal relationship."
Also these:
Correction to my previous post. I meant Jack Thompson, not Jack Chick (he's the crazy comicbook nutter - though worth a look for a chuckle, too)
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so if gun owners threw bullets instead of shooting them from guns....yeah right nt
msongs
Dec 2012
#2
I'm sure there are other ways to get things done - I'm just saying that we should DO something
TheDebbieDee
Dec 2012
#64
I agree something needs to be done, but I'm not optimistic that it's possible right now.
GoCubsGo
Dec 2012
#68
so make a law that legal gun owners have to surrender all but one of their guns
Fresh_Start
Dec 2012
#4
The community of gun owners have proven they are incapable of keeping their weapons secure.
baldguy
Dec 2012
#41
That's an assertion I think you will be hard pressed to factually support.
Lizzie Poppet
Dec 2012
#43
In the last 30 yrs there have been 61 shootings across the country with 4+ people killed.
baldguy
Dec 2012
#46
The gun lobby always has an excuse to not do anything. What if I open a gun shop and
doc03
Dec 2012
#79
There is certainly some research that shows a correlation between violent games and real violence
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#65
Sorry, we do have a gun problem. And I don't believe we are doomed to live in an armed madhouse.
baldguy
Dec 2012
#29
Your argument is 100% correct. Many just cannot realize that you cannot stop a lone nut when....
Logical
Dec 2012
#60
Silly. So this NUT who wants to shoot up a school will worry about a little higher cost?
Logical
Dec 2012
#59