08-27-2013
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8-year old shoots his grandma after playing GTA 4
Just happened to be watching cnn. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/25/us/lou...ls-grandmother tldr version: Slaughter, Louisiana trailer park. 8 year old boy headshots his grandma and kills her with a loaded gun found within the home, minutes after playing GTA 4 on the PS3. "Under Louisiana law, a child younger than 10 is exempt from criminal responsibility" The media is unsurprisingly blaming video games. Rockstar's response (not sure if this was a statement made in the past or a response to this current event) "Ascribing a connection to entertainment -- a theory that has been disproven repeatedly by multiple independent studies -- both minimizes this moment and sidesteps the real issues at hand," |
08-27-2013
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Speed Demon
Join Date: Jan 2013
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I see this whole situation like these: Parents (or whoever) buys an M-rated game for 8 year old with no care in the ratings Kid plays it Kid gets ideas Kid shoots someone because some dumbass left a gun on the bed or something like that Media blames video games for incident Video game company reminds people of ratings Media still blames video games Didn't the same thing happen in Columbine? Media blamed Doom? I recall reading up that the one of the guys were depressed, the other insane? Is that true? I need confirmation. |