Nevertheless, many of these games are sold to children in stores and from the Internet. If a movie is restricted, at least the movie theater goes through the pretense of trying to restrict access. The same is true for other restricted access. Dave Grossman told me that even though these games are restricted with an M rating, the rating is not enforced. We regulate alcohol, tobacco, guns, and pornography.
Adults can have access to such things, but children are restricted.
He argues that video games that carry such a rating should be restricted as well. Although Michael had never fired a gun, he had played dangerous video games. When he fired a .22 caliber pistol at the prayer group eight times, he had eight hits. Five of these hits were head shots. Dave Grossman says this performance demonstrates how Michael was essentially trained to kill by playing video games.