Video games are not a significant factor in mass shootings.

The link the author put in the NYTIMES states they played video games. Whichs brings it into the fact that video games is something all these men shared. That creates a link to massacres. When a serial killer murders, he has a signature way of doing it. Something in his mind triggers the way he wants to prey on his victims. Same with rapists, they usually go for a certain type of woman may it be single mothers, blonde hair and blue eyes. These are called links. They link these into the investigation process to tell forth if the same person is behind these string of crimes. Why can't we link video games to this? They were all gamers. The only major fact about this is that they were. If they weren't gamers then video games would not be a factor in these massacres. It wouldn't even be acknoledged this vividly that even one might of played video games. Which suggests the fact that video games are a factor. Sandy Hook - If it's not a factor, why is it being discussed. Why would it be premature to start out with video games be the cause, if not in fact video games were not a factor. Why are we investing so much time in video game violence to determine if it is potentially a cause if it isn't even remotely a factor. The link to all the massacres indeed is video games. You want to talk about irrelevant, breathing air and drinking water is really irrevelent to any point being made. Although both could be contaminated and distrought the human mind in ways, 1 person murders someone and can be linked to all murders via he breathes air and the murderer obviously did too. The studies I provided, showed that video games after being played makes teens act out more aggressively. Although not every teen went the same way. Thus proving the fact that video games could be a major factor when coming to these massacres. What's more aggressive behavior than a person that massacred people. The Columbine shooting. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com... "They weren't goths or loners. "The two teenagers who killed 13 people and themselves at suburban Denver's Columbine High School 10 years ago next week weren't in the "Trenchcoat Mafia," disaffected videogamers who wore cowboy dusters. The killings ignited a national debate over bullying, but the record now shows Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold hadn't been bullied " in fact, they had bragged in diaries about picking on freshmen and "Gay." " In this quote I had to change the last part that says gay, the real word in this quote is not allowed in debate because it is a profanity. But the real word is a 3 letter word that starts with the letter 'F' and it was plural so add a 'S' on the end. A three letter word for cigarette. Really, they were being bullied or they were the bullies? They bragged in diaries that they were not being bullied themselves but in fact bullied others. Although it says video games weren't the lead to it, neither was bullying. But this is just one massacre for the record. It also states the fact they weren't addicted to video games which contrasts to other shooting that the guy spent most of his time with violent video games which could link the fact that it played a factor of this. http://www.webmd.com... "These two studies, plus other research on video game violence ? all point in the same direction," researcher Craig A. Anderson, PhD, from Iowa State University, tells WebMD. "It's a direction that's not unexpected, because the effects of playing violent video games look to be very similar to the effects of lots of exposure to violent TV. Basically, kids who play a lot of violent video games are at risk for becoming more violent people." Kids who play violent video games are at risk for becoming more violent people. Kids who watch violent TV are more at risk for becoming more violent people. This suggests exposure to violence makes it more of a risk that a person will become more violent. That's why not a lot of parents let their children watch violent tv or play violent video games. So with that being said, video games can't be a factor for violence actions? I know we aren't talking violent actions in general but I ask you what is more violent then a massacre? What is more violent then terriorism? What is more violent then these things? Key factor: They played video games, it's what they are all linked to. May it being not just a fantasy being played out, they could of had the idea for how they did it from a video game. How many gun's can the average person name without using knowledge of a video game. I for one can't name many. But with video games such as Call of Duty and Medal of Honor, I can name a lot. Although I never studied myself to see if I act out more aggressively. The violent video games fills the mind with ideas. How can you successfully shoot and kill your opponent and get better at that via Multi-player shooting games. Another way to tie it. Is that video games are proven to help hand eye coordination. How could they hit so many people without knowing how to use a weapon? I don't see any knowledge that these men in the shootings show that they had real life acknowledgement of using a weapon. But yet they hit people and killed them. That takes accuracy and precision. Where did they learn these techniques? Most likely Violent video games. More specifically, Shooting video games.