See this chart from the Washington Post's Max Fisher, which illustrates this fact starkly enough: Should that happen, it will almost certainly occur in America, which boasts far and away the highest number of mass shootings (and shootings in general) while boasting no higher rate of video game consumption. It's possible that someone who buys and plays the game will later go on to carry out a horrible shooting. That doesn't mean it isn't possible, though the numbers suggest it's very unlikely.Īnalysts estimate 18 to 20 million copies of Rockstar's GTA V will be sold worldwide by the end of March, 2014. No study has ever shown that violent video games result directly in actual violence, let alone mass shootings. Some studies have shown that video games increase aggression others show the opposite. In fact, numerous studies have been conducted and the results are mixed. His co-host, Elisabeth Hasselback, asked: 'Is there a link between a certain age group or demo in this - twenty to thirty-four year old men, perhaps, that are playing these video games and then their violent actions? We have yet to find out.' The Aurora shooter, James Holmes, the Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza, they're all described as essentially being addicted to video games.' Harris and Dylan Klebold, the Virginia Tech shooter, the Arizona shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, that Norway shooter who Anders Behring, I think he shot 77 people. Fox & Friends' Steve Doocey: 'unfortunately you know it seems every time something bad like this happens we look at 'is there a connection between video games and the shooter?' Well, take a look at some people who were described as addicted, from Columbine High School, Eric

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