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Gun Control Reform Activism

DanTex

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5. I played my share of first person shooters in high school and college.

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 10:48 AM

Mar 2013

Nobody that I played with would ever have dreamed of taking an actual gun and trying to simulate the game, any more than they would try do jump down a 30-foot wall, or any of the other things that happen in video games. I agree that it is possible that as a society video games do increase interest in weapons and violence. But as a practical matter, for a reasonably well-adjusted kid, the biggest danger of first-person shooters is that they are really fun and can end up getting in the way of schoolwork.

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Guns are not toys and shooting is not a game [View all] CreekDog Mar 2013 OP

I agree with you. The romance of the gunslinger is over. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #1

+10000. Changing perception of guns in our society is very important. Hoyt Mar 2013 #2

FWIW Remmah2 Mar 2013 #6

Agee, we need to do something about violence in entertainment. Hoyt Mar 2013 #7

Agree also. But how do we best deal with the video gaming aspect? Shooting IS a game to this jmg257 Mar 2013 #3

I played my share of first person shooters in high school and college. DanTex Mar 2013 #5

Interesting bit in Psychology Today on first-person shooting games. Robb Mar 2013 #4

think about the toys you give kids BainsBane Mar 2013 #8

a lot of the modern day gun culture, among the younger set seems like this CreekDog Mar 2013 #9