Obama calls for game violence research

How about a study to determine trophy hunting's effect on gun violence as well. I need to be sure shooting wild (or in some cases, domestic) animals in no way influences this kind of behavior either.

Since when does Obama actually do anything to benefit this country? What would Reagan do?

What utter nonsense. How long as violence existed amongst humans? For as long as humans have existed, it's not video games, the authorities are just looking for someone/something to blame, so it looks like to the public that they are actively doing something.

Criminals don't follow laws, obviously, so violence will continue. Also, in every part of this world people die every day from violent acts of others, or themselves, yet not a one politician cries out/talks about it. Yet, these mass killings are "enough" to justify making an issue of it?! Furthermore, it comes as no surprise to me, that these politicians, when selectively facing these issues, they always gi through political theater/soapbox nonsense, rather than addressing the real issue(s) @ hand.

As for (video) game violence, I'm only stating what most people who use common sense would say: Parents/Guardians need to be Parents/Guardians, be responsible, & involved with, & in their child/children's lives.

Do I personally believe violence in media can have negative effects on people? To a degree, I do, yes. I also believe that the media does not force anyone to go violent, but that they most of the time, make a willful, conscious decision, to act out in those violent fashions. There are times when cookie cutter answers (will) work, & other times also when things must be looked at, as case by/per case.

dumb/unaware parents and store clerks are to blame for kids getting violent video games and here's my example:

I live in Connecticut and when the game Capcom Digital Collection came out I went to a gamestop. While I was looking for the game I hear this 8 to 10 year old black kid tell his mother while at the store's register: mom, ask if they have GTA4 and the mom was completely oblivious as to what a GTA4 was. the clerk kept quiet obviously trying to make another sale for after all the mom is buying. when I heard that little kid say those words I jumped in and said to the mom: GTA stands for grand theft auto, those games are some of the most violent video games out there and I provided info as to why it was so violent., when the mom heard my info she said: oh no, I will not buy you that!

was I trying to be responsible or a hero in this situation? HELL NO! I just wanted to steal the kid's happiness! buhuhuhuhuhahahahaaaaaaa! Mission Complete!

Ok, here's the deal. It isn't that hard to figure out. Violence in video games, or movies, or TV shows, or what have you doesn't have the effect they are trying to make us believe it does. If violence in entertainment causes acts of violence, in a school, church, mall, what have you, then there would be millions of people going out and killing each other after playing Dead Space 3 or GTA. Fact is.... there isn't.

What is really going on is that the people who do these horrendous acts of violence, yes, they may have played a video game or two in their lifetime, are ALREADY MESSED UP. They either have some mental problem or something else already wrong with them.

If we don't want this stuff to happen again, don't go after the entertainment device, go after more research/education into mental illness, etc.

The responsibility lies with the people who care for people who have problems. If you know or care for someone has an issue, don't let them play/watch violence.

@zombieseesmeat Oh yeah, if your answer is to insult me, you already failed as an army soldier.

@zombieseesmeat Ask yourself this, what if you see kids in danger or a gunman about to shoot them? What now? That should be easy for you to answer. Would you shoot the gunman and call yourself a hero because the police are slow and stupid or would you handle it in a calm manner?

Well it's on topic. But I think everyone knows already. There's nothing more left that's needed explanation.

Also, the only thing NRA is good at, is creating fear that someone is taking a gun away from you. Reality check? Think of the kids.

yea nice work obama. just dump more money into the toilet. good to know youve learned your lesson as youve plunged us into unrecoverable debt

You're the one who is approving Israel's terror to kill civilians in Gaza and spill blood all over it. With the damage you left in Iraq and the so called war on terror that its real aim was to capture natural resources and present your power over the middle east... you now call for research about violence in video games? You little piece of shit...

You know what causes violent behaviors... denying people their right to be happy. They better quit pushing this bull cause video games ain't done nothing bad to anyone but entertain.

If any study were to follow objective scientific practices then I would say that it is okay. The problem is when people are looking for a scapegoat and want to draw a connection they tend to create studies that show a connection and they sweep any results that do not give the conclusion they want under the rug. Therein lies the problem with politics these days, nobody is objective anymore and completely ignores any alternatives to what they want.

I actually WANT them to do this. I believe that if a study is done fairly and correctly and is only seeking the truth and not to fill an agenda, that that study will show that games and movies don't make people kill people. So yeah, do the study....I want you to. Just do it fairly and seek the truth as it is, not necessarily the truth as some want it to be.

"The same entertainment is enjoyed across all cultures and nations, but tragic levels of gun violence remain unique to our country. Scientific research and international and domestic crime data all point toward the same conclusion: entertainment does not cause violent behavior in the real world." That's because your country is flooded with easy-to-get-hold-of...... GUNS. But noooooo, once again, completely avoid the real issue and blame violent video games. F-ing morons, honestly. The real problem is guns are deeply ingrained in to American culture, because of an out-of-date Constitution. The only people that NEED guns are the Police and The Armed Forces, that's it.

Terrible way to spend money.... However, if they must research something to find it that it's false then I can't really stop them. No matter how many Americans voice their opinion on the matter.

This RIGHT HERE says it all.

"The same entertainment is enjoyed across all cultures and nations, but tragic levels of gun violence remain unique to our country. Scientific research and international and domestic crime data all point toward the same conclusion: entertainment does not cause violent behavior in the real world."

QUIT

BLAMING

MEDIA

It is because we are a nation of fat, stupid, arrogant, selfish, pricks.

I should know, I talk to my fellow American's every single day. And I'm not saying I'm perfect, but FFS... it doesn't take a genius to recognize how SICK in the head our society is.

I would like to hand this report in to the president. Before I did, I would say "Mr. President, the existence of violent games has had the same effect on real life violence as it does your ability to pass through meaningful legislation - NOTHING...."

OH YEAH mother f***ers, f*** the goverment, the national gun association, and every damb a** little s***, who wanted to blame games. Your bias can't prove s*** but science can. BTW hell of a way to spend half a billion Obama.

Just perfect the economy is in the shitter so lets spend half a billion dollars to research bullshit. That money should go towards improving the qaulity of life for the people, not research thats already been done.

@LukeWestare you an American? What do you know about how we live and think? do you have stats to back up your claim that "Americans live in fear, they think if you take away all there guns there going to get raped in 5 mins."? or are you just talking out your ass?

@canuckbiker Nope wrong again. We are the country that everyone want to come to, you think in the early 1900s millions of people were immigrating to Mexico, or Russia, or Canada? Hell no, Everyone in the world knew that if you wanted freedom and a chance to make it AMERICA was the place to go, that is our reputation. As for our current policies made by our government i wont defend them at all. But the point remains the same, Why do all the countries send there college kids here to learn? Why do yo think China had to move to more of a Capitalistic society?, because what we have here works and you have the freedom to become whatever you set your mind to.

Look up the episode of Penn and Tellers 'Bullsh*t' on video games ( about 23 minutes in and then again at 27 min in) to see a real kid who has been desensitized by violent video games deal with firing a real gun. If you've got the time the whole show is great.

Well, I'm from Mexico and here violence is something that happens everyday and everywhere, civilians are not allowed to carry weapons and it doesn't make any difference, there are shootings everyday! The real problem is not the guns, nor the games... It's parenting, strong family values and education. Instead of founding a pointless investigation, that money should go to a campaign addressed to parents to make them aware of what their kids are doing. I've been playing violent videogames all my life and sure I can tell the difference between what's real from what's not. It's just sad they are looking for a scapegoat.

Good! Can we shut up about it now?

@Skele7or its not about being scared, its about being ready and prepared for (god forbid) the tyranical governement useof there military

I play violent games but go weak at the knees when I see real blood.

How about we look at the one thing all of these mass murderers since Columbine have in common instead. Like the fact they were all taking subscription psychotropic drugs. Oh wait that would mean going against the big money drug lobbies... Besides without the pills little Johny won't sit still in class like a good little drone.

It must be the video games.

And the NRA just came out with their own iOS based videogame.

@zombieseesmeat Thats funny I thought if was america that tells every other county how to run themselves. Thats the reputation you've earned anyway.

@Drebo @zombieseesmeat I'd expect another slave owning american quote form a yankee thats for sure. So instead of peacefully becoming an independent country over time we should have had a bloody brutal war, and let that become our culture instead. I don't know about you but I can go to any movie theatre I want without worrying about getting shot.