NP - It's not the video games

[rich]

is it then just the sheer prevalence of available guns in the United
States. Aren't all cultures pathological to some extent? does it comes
down to sheer opportunity, the gang shootings, domestic violence
slayings, and mass murder tragedies? modern society with so many
triggers to heightened violence whatever it may be psychological,
sexual, what have you? no easy answers



On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:53 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/17/ten-country-comparison-suggests-theres-little-or-no-link-between-video-games-and-gun-murders/
>
> But it turns out that the data just doesn’t support this [video game]
> connection. Looking at the world’s 10 largest video game markets yields no
> evident, statistical correlation between video game consumption and
> gun-related killings.
>
> It’s true that Americans spend billions of dollars on video games every year
> and that the United States has the highest firearm murder rate in the
> developed world. But other countries where video games are popular have much
> lower firearm-related murder rates. In fact, countries where video game
> consumption is highest tend to be some of the safest countries in the world,
> likely a product of the fact that developed or rich countries, where
> consumers can afford expensive games, have on average much less violent
> crime...