O/T feel sick inside - CT Elementary shooting

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Times are different than when the Bill of Rights was written. Maybe it needs to be updated. There is no reason for private citizens to own assault rifles or semi-automatic weapons (which by the way didn't exist when the Bill of Rights was written).

Why shouldn't a private citizen be able to own a assault rifle. I would like to own one and someday I will buy one. But it doesn't mean I plan on killing others with it.

[wazoo]

Allowing minors, to be exposed to gruesome games like Call of Duty does not help either.

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by wazoo

Allowing minors, to be exposed to gruesome games like Call of Duty does not help either.

Again video games are not the problem, it's crazy people.

Also if i did buy a assault rifle, it would be when im back in the country and could shot in my back yard and not in a urban area.

[wazoo]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Again video games are not the problem, it's crazy people.

Also if i did buy a assault rifle, it would be when im back in the country and could shot in my back yard and not in a urban area.

As a teenager, I know for a fact video games are a problem. My goodness, kids are up day and night, blowing off heads, stabbing, etc. I'm not saying video games are bad, but there are people who don't understand the term moderation. This addiction, and seeing blood and gore over and over is starting to make these kids immune to feeling remorse. Again, I am not saying all of kids, but honestly there are adolescents that people should be worried about.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by wazoo

As a teenager, I know for a fact video games are a problem. My goodness, kids are up day and night, blowing off heads, stabbing, etc. I'm not saying video games are bad, but there are people who don't understand the term moderation. This addiction, and seeing blood and gore over and over is starting to make these kids immune to feeling remorse. Again, I am not saying all of kids, but honestly there are adolescents that people should be worried about.

Most, if not all, of the people who commit these mass-killings, are not rational mean people, or people trying to replicate what they saw in a video game. They are mid-20's men having a psychotic break, which almost always manifests itself in extreme anger. Perhaps they picked up some techniques in the video games, but they were going to do something extreme, regardless. I'm in agreement with others that the media exposure and gun availability make the event much more serious than it might be otherwise, but it's happening regardless.

I think you are probably right that the video games affect the thinking and behavior of otherwise normal kids, and that it probably has some bad consequences, but we're not talking events like in Aurora, Arizona, Portland or Connecticut.