Posted on 08/04/2019 6:16:27 AM PDT by Plain and Simple
Video games. Why were there no mass shootings until the advent of video games in the late eighties-early nineties?
Indeed.
But doing so invites scrutiny from "All".
Twaz 1 of the BEST !
Hollywood movies glorifying mass killings.
Example: I saw “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” and there is a scene where 2 of the characters kill about 90 aliens then strut around in slow motion with music glorifying what they did.
Absolutely not, kids played “war”, “cowboys and indians” and “cops and robbers” for generations.
Video games are just another thing liberals want the government to control as part of their desire to control culture.
My "hair trigger" is over displays of ignorance where it impacts my interests and blaming cultural issues on extraneous things. It looked like you were implying that a shooter's accuracy could be improved by playing video games. But maybe you mean(t) their lack of accuracy? Which would be semi-valid. But in reality, shooting from the hip costs ya accuracy in games, too. At best, they may learn that "cover is your friend". But apparently these dipsticks seeking recognition didn't even get that much from it.
So mebbe we are just misunderstanding each other, FRiend. d;^)
Oh my goodness, I misspelled! Thank-you for pointing that out. God Bless.
BINGO! We have a winner!
ANTIFA is planting the seeds for CW 2.
Bad Parents!
No GOD in their lives!
Bad Teachers!
All of the above!
Amen! These shootings sure took the FIASCO of the CRA CRA Dems Debates off the media.
ALL of the males that have done mass shootings have been on Ritalin or related drugs!! Don’t know about these recent ones because they stopped REPORTING the FACTS!
I am addicted to Robot Wars, I still don’t want to kill any humans.
But, I do think it aids in training to a small extent.
I think Robot Wars could aid in training for killing with drones.
The next level in terrorist used weapons could well be drones.
I think it sickens the natural decency of most people but, to a terrorist or, a evil government force....hey, they strap bombs on little girls.
Evil in the world has always been in escalation, life is becoming cheaper by the day.
And you think kids learning to use guns is a BAD thing?
Blaming games is just as wrong as blaming guns and it also feeds big government.
Actually, I was glad to see you do that. Because I though I was the only one that did things like that. The only reason that you did it was to check if anyone was reading it. You are welcome.
The timing is quite convenient. Also, one of the targets being Wal Mart shoppers is suspect, considering the contempt that they (DS) have shown for such people.
It would be nice, if they really were involved somehow, that they be brought to justice for their part in these horrendous crimes. Not holding my breath for that though.
Probably the worst part is that both gunmen have already been exonerated of their murders by the MSM and the democrat party.
They (media) are blaming the guns used, the people who sold the guns, White Supremacists, President Trump, President Trump's supporters, 2nd ammendment supporters, Republican's, strong rhetoric, video games, sickness in society, broken families, and on and on.
While any or all of these things may have been a contributing factor, the murders were all caused by only one thing:
A sniveling, worthless, coward decided to slaughter unarmed, innocent people minding their own business, just living their lives.
But, never mind. The rotten scumbags who killed these people are not to blame. It's _______________________(fill in the blank) fault. 😠
Fortunately, the ‘cause’ has diminished by about 50% since 1993...but fake news orchestrated trauma based mind controlling propaganda won’t tell you that!
Video games are part of it as are violent movies & tv shows. But the real culprit is the internet - social media/chat rooms. They give people a place to gather with other like minded people and just feed into the hatred, sick thoughts, etc.
It is becoming more obvious all the time.
“I watched my boy acquire the P and S skills from just such a game...at age 8 he nailed it every time he just pointed and shot. He took a lot of practice before he could properly aim the gun. You video gamers are so damn sensitive...You know you are wasting your time and that makes you hair trigger sensitive.” [arthurus, post 145]
You’ve got it all wrong.
I’ve tried every manner & type of video game and found all of them inauthentic & boring. People who don’t know what they are talking about bother me even less.
I picked up the knowledge you so indignantly dispute through direct experience in the uniformed military, where I was a rated aviator & combat aircrew member in B-52s and B-1Bs.
I was also assigned to a technical staff agency responsible for operational testing. It was not a very large community and we had no choice save to work with all the other US armed services, most of the intelligence agencies, a very wide selection of security-related organizations, and allied nations. I was repeatedly consulted by acquisition professionals in uniform and by defense system contractors on design concepts, and had a hand in design of subsystems for the B-1B, B-2, and a number of other major weapon systems.
There is no such thing as any generalized ability to perform military tasks. Shooting individual handheld firearms is only a tiny portion of the larger picture, and the relevance of that specific talent has been declining in importance on the battlefield for well over a century.
Despite that, I support firearms training, for youth and for adults. I went through NRA youth programs, and I cannot praise them strongly enough for teaching concentration and discipline, and instilling motivation to work toward a goal, no matter how distant & difficult. No other activity available to civilians prepares prospective recruits for the trials & challenges they will encounter, so effectively.
But NRA programs didn’t do anything to directly benefit my career, outside of giving me a leg up in earning marksmanship ribbons and landing a spot on the intercollegiate rifle team at the US Air Force Acdemy.
Those 2 reasons, right there - are the problem today. Broken and/or abusive/neglectful homes and anti-depressant drugs. In a one-parent household, the kid may very well be spending a lot of time playing video games or on social media...because he has little else to do...but those, themselves, are not the cause.
Blaming any outside influence, like that, is just like blaming the gun.
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