Violent Video Games "Warped" the Dark Knight Rises Killer

[Nerexor]

Color me unsurprised that the media took this stance. I guess the token period of feeling sorry for the victims of the tragedy is over and now the reporters can gleefully milk it to promote their own agendas. I wonder if they've started trying to break into hospital rooms to get interviews from the wounded yet. Filthy jackals.

This stinks to me of a paper trying to boost sales. If the OP is correct then there is next to nothing about videogames in the article, so they're just trying to make it seem like they have new information about the guy while rehashing what everyone already knows. I have to admit to being a little bit impressed that they managed to say that little about their main topic in three whole pages though. That is masterful obfuscation and BS reporting right there.

And as for the games in question... Really guys? He occasionally played WoW and League of Legends? That's all you have? Not even a hot button studio like Rockstar Games that you can finger point at? No Hitman, GTA, hell, not even any SHOOTERS to blame? You vultures must be so disappointed.

 

[Slayer_2]

There's restrictions. As far as I know, civilians can only own fully automatic weapons made before a certain date (some time in the 80's, has to do with when a specific law was passed), and they have to fill out all sorts of paperwork, pay a ton of money, and generally be tracked by the government for the rest of their lives. Ironically enough, the people who own fully auto guns in this country are the ones least likely to go on a rampage with them, because of how thoroughly you have to be vetted before you can buy one.

Well, I'm off to move to the US and buy my new hunting weapon, an M240B. If I miss, I can just let off some more rounds, I'll have a 200-round belt after all.

Captcha: "count your change" Thanks man, I always do! Make sure you aren't getting ripped off.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Well there is a correlation between mass killers enjoying violent media, but it's akin to saying heart disease people eat a lot of fast food. Does eating a lot of fast food guarantee someone a heart attack? No, but it's certainly a risk factor.

No, no it's not like saying "heart disease people eat a lot of fast food", to draw a correlation or even call enjoyment of violent media a risk factor would be extremely ignorant. There is science backing up the correlation between eating fast food and heart disease, the correlation between violent media and mass shootings is about as relevant as saying being Muslim is a risk factor for being a terrorist or liking cartoons a risk factor for pedophilia.

But eating fast food every day doesn't gurantee that person has a heart attack.

Another example, I had a grandmother that smoked all her life and died at the age of 92 with out ANY health problems save for the ones that come with old age. Ergo what a risk factor is.

Mass Killers like violent media, however so do us "normies" so... yeah.

If you narrow done your terrorist example to Al Queda terrorist, then yeah being muslim is a risk factor for that. I AM NOT SAYING ALL MUSLIMS BECOME THEM, but you can't be an Al Queda terrorist with out being muslim. Like, literally, you can't join their little club. If you're a Christian terrorist they don't let you in.

Your pedophile/cartoon example is far to broad. Liking Lolicon hentai could be a risk factor for it.