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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 11:05 AM Oct 2017

Rick Santorum on Gun Control Debate: Why Aren't We Going After Violent Video Games and Films?

by Justin Baragona | 10:55 am, October 8th, 2017

In the wake of the worst mass shooting in American history, there has been renewed interest in increasing gun control regulation. There has also been pushback from conservatives who feel that gun control measures will either not do anything to prevent gun violence or will lead to a slippery slope towards a ban on firearms.

During a panel discussion on CNN’s State of the Union this morning, political commentator and former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum waded into the debate by taking aim at the entertainment industry. After finding consensus with liberals on the banning of bump stocks and modifying semi-automatic weapons to shoot like automatic ones, Santorum then said more attention should be focused on video games and films.

“Violence in television and the video games — there is a mountain of evidence out there, psychological evidence, about what we’re doing to our young people with these video games, violent video games, and you never hear the left trying to go after Hollywood or the gaming market,” Santorum exclaimed. “It is never involved in this discussion. Where is the solution? Here we are. Where is the solution?”

He would keep going on about Hollywood.

“Always gun control,” Santorum complained. “It is never about the violence we have in our society, it is never about what Hollywood, you know, contribution to that.”

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Rick Santorum on Gun Control Debate: Why Aren't We Going After Violent Video Games and Films? (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
Guns don't kill; VIDEO GAMES DO! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #1
How many 64 year old white men HockeyMom Oct 2017 #2
Does Santorum have a day job? oasis Oct 2017 #3
Violence_ Cartoonist Oct 2017 #4
Well actually..... Turbineguy Oct 2017 #5
I can't understand his argument. procon Oct 2017 #6
No and they've been beating this dead horse since the 90s. Initech Oct 2017 #9
No, Rick. Just... no. Initech Oct 2017 #7
Why is a douchebag like Santorum still getting air time? Paladin Oct 2017 #8
violence filled bibles need to go nt msongs Oct 2017 #10
Yes America,pay attention to the reasoning ability of "Man on Dog Sex" Santorum rustydog Oct 2017 #11
Santorum signals his willingness to lie for NRA money. n/t Orsino Oct 2017 #12
1. Nobody fucking asked you, Ricky Blue_Tires Oct 2017 #13
Cause 64 year old white men are lighting it up on standingtall Oct 2017 #14
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
2. How many 64 year old white men
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 11:09 AM
Oct 2017

are playing violent video games and watching films? Kinda late for that, huh? They weren't even around when Paddock was young. Ban Gunsmoke and the Lone Ranger!!!!!!

Cartoonist

(7,298 posts)
4. Violence_
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 11:14 AM
Oct 2017

“Violence in television and the video games — there is a mountain of evidence out there, psychological evidence, about what we’re doing to our young people with these video games."
_

There's an awful lot of violence in the Bible. Look at what it's done to Rick.

procon

(15,805 posts)
6. I can't understand his argument.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 12:20 PM
Oct 2017

If he's so concerned about even just the images of guns that appear in cartoons, video games, and the plastic set props used by actors, why isn't he even more concerned about real guns that are killing real people?

No illustration of a video game gun has ever been used to kill a single person, and no movie prop gun has ever been used in a mass shooting incident. If he still wants to have 'gun control' for our entertainment choices, we already have it with something callethe "off" button. Now, lets see him do the same thing for real guns.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
9. No and they've been beating this dead horse since the 90s.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 12:35 PM
Oct 2017

Because that's what the GOP does best - they have no arguments of their own so they reuse the same ones.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
8. Why is a douchebag like Santorum still getting air time?
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 12:34 PM
Oct 2017

He's no better than Gingrich---other than having less evident enthusiasm for blowjobs and divorces.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
11. Yes America,pay attention to the reasoning ability of "Man on Dog Sex" Santorum
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:22 PM
Oct 2017

On an issue of life and death. Literally life and death. This man believes if we allow homosexuality in America, If we allow same-sex marriages, we will have man on dog sex as well....

standingtall

(2,785 posts)
14. Cause 64 year old white men are lighting it up on
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 04:45 PM
Oct 2017

Halo,Call of Duty and Borderlands. I plan to still be playing video games when I get to 64 just saying. If my fingers still work by then. How come Rick Santorum isn't going after the NRA for the crappy shooter video games they promote?

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