Joe Biden speaking to game developers about violence.

[waytothexdawnx 1,159]

You know what I can't stand? People blame everything else except themselves. Joe Biden wants to talk to video game developers about this gun control issue. VIDEO GAMES ARE NOT TO BLAME. How about we blame the parents first? Your child is 6 and playing a mature rated game all day because you're too lazy to be a parent and want your kid out of your face so you can drink a glass of wine. Video Games, like movies, have something called a RATING on them. Read it. Research it. "But mommy, Johnny plays call of duty" is NOT an excuse to buy your child an extremely violent war game! Common sense. Do we blame cell phone companies for car accidents that happen and try to ban cell phones? No, you blame the asshole who is not paying attention to the road and texting while driving. Video games are NOT the problem. People are.

 

Also, these people who are doing these killings and murders are getting their guns ILLEGALLY. Guess what? They still will! They're still going to find a way to get them illegally, or they'll use something else! The people who buy guns legally buy them to protect themselves and their families from these whack jobs.

 

To me, this gun control law is saying we're not allowed to have a right to protect ourselves.

 

And this post was not to offend anyone. I am of legal age to play violent video games. If you do and you're underaged, I feel like it's OK if you know your child is stable enough to play them. I feel like if I was a parent, I would do what my Mom did and not let my child play violent games until 15-16. By then, you pretty much know if there's anything mentally unstable, emotionally unstable, etc wrong with your child and should not play these games because you know it could possibly trigger something (like how they think its real life and stuff). 

 

This topic was mainly against Biden and everyone else who thinks blaming video games is right. Its definitely not. Just my 2 cents I wanted to let out.

[Col.Random 3,683]

I agree, it's annoying how all these old cows just blame video games. How about raising your child properly, instead?Video games have been around for a long time, but how many times have incidents like the CT shooting happened earlier? 

[Demyx. 10,064]

I just think there should be a ban on assault rifles. Seriously, who needs an assault rifle?

[Think Pink 1,967]

This isn't about the supposed link between video games and violence. It just isn't. It's sort of like how antigun people want to stop mass murders. Actually, they don't. They could care less. Because the easy solution is to just do a mental health check as part of the background check that is already required. ALL of the mass murders have had documented mental health problems. But they don't care about doing something to actually solve the problem. All they want is guns gone for whatever stupid reason. They don't care about solving the problem--they only want to solve their own agenda. It's the same with the video games. I don't know what his personal motivation is against video games, but Biden (already pretty stupid) doesn't really care about stopping violence. For whatever reason, he wants to limit video games. That's his real motivation.

 

forgot that I wanted to reply to another post haha

@xaon

I could ask you the same question. Why do you want to play Kingdom Hearts? Why do you want to watch TV? Why do you want to do anything? Because it's fun. I own two assault rifles (well, technically they belong to my dad because I'm not old enough to own them, but they were gifts to me and are referred to as my own) and I love them. Shooting is a fun sport and a good way to pass the time. So are video games. I love my assault rifles, but I would also cry at killing a squirrel, let alone a person. Owning an assault rifle =/= violence. And your definition of an "assault rifle"? It's a great home defense gun, and also good training for future military. Technically, depending on whose standards you go by, every rifle could be counted as an assault rifle. You don't need to punish happy, law-abiding citizens. The easy solution is a mental health background check. It's like the mother who stopped the man breaking into her house before he could hurt her or her children--should she not have a gun? Should she and her children have died instead? England has more crime per capita than the US and they've banned ALL kinds of guns.

Edited January 11, 2013 by Think Pink

[wayfinder823 477]

I just wanna throw out there that Switzerland doesn't have a military, they have a militia, and looking at their gun laws, it seems like every household is required to own a gun. Yet, they have one of the lowest crime rates.

 

Getting rid of guns does not mean crime will go down. It seems like it makes it worse.  

[4Everbee 1,365]

Blaming video games cause of crazy nut cases is like blaming mcdonalds cause your kid is fat.

YOU yes YOU.Are letting your kid play these games . If you let them play them fine. But at least do what my family does and teach them that shooting people is wrong , 

[darklunatic 81]

getting rid of guns well make the world worse becous you wont have a way to protect your self if we take the elderly and some weak women in the world even weak men it would be bad on there part becous they well be powerless and weak and this is proven

 

GUNS DONT KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE

 

takeing away gun's well mostlikly make the world worse alot worse  and to take away games it may turn bad as well some people use games to get out there anger and frustration so yeah

 

besides that parentes shouldnt let there 10-4 year old play M games the only M game i was allowed to play was 007 and mortal kombat cause comeing up i watched thos movies with my family ever time they came on and that was for a while

Edited January 12, 2013 by darklunatic

[WhiteCrow 55]

I totally agree with you guys. Im tired of all the "good people" trying to ban video games and blame them for all the violence happening in the world. And mostly everyone who supports this are parents, who think they're "good people" too because they do.

When I was a kid, my parents always told me that even with a toy gun, you shouldn't point at anyone, and you shouldn't speak of killing people. This is what every parent should tell to their kids, basic things what everyone should know.

 

A little off-topic: In Finland, most people don't have guns. Only people in the countryside where they hunt. My family has a couple of shotguns and a few rifles, and they are kept in a locked safe. Handguns are rarely seen here, also rarely sold. Getting a gun in Finland is a long process.

[Rob 5,571]

As a witness of life before video games......the world was the same as it is now in terms of violence.

[P50L 610]

My mother is a whore

 

it's true an 8 year old on xbox live told me

[axele 151]

It's not really the game or the game's rating. It's the bloody person.

 

I grew up with games like Mortal Kombat just fine. It was bloody and violent, but have you heard about me on the news shooting people ? Nope.

 

It's the person.

 

You should watch the kid play these games and if he or she is starting to act crazy TAKE THE GAME AWAY FROM HIM/HER. Be responsible.  Also teach wrong from right and know your child. If you think that your child can't handle a game like MK  DON'T BUY IT FOR HIM/HER.

 

So really it's the kid and the parents to blame. Not the game.

 

It's bloody sad that a group of 11- 25 year olds here can think better than today's so called " parents ". Some of today's parents are huge jokes.

Edited January 16, 2013 by axele