80 percent of mass shooters showed no interest in video games, researcher says21

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/80-percent-of-mass-shooters-showed-no-interest-in-video-games-researcher-says/

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NEW YORK -- President Trump met with video game industry representatives Thursday, after saying last month violent video games may play a role in mass shootings. The president met with parents like Melissa Henson.

"The kind of messages and images that they are putting in their minds, I think they're nightly dress rehearsals for huge acts of violence," she said.

But psychologist Patrick Markey's research shows 80 percent of mass shooters did not show an interest in violent video games.

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"It seems like something that should make us safer so it's a totally understandable reaction," Markey said. "The problem is just the science, the data, does not back up that they actually have an effect."

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[applegrove]

1. video game addiction probably keeps some from committing crimes. No games in prison.

[Matthew28]

4. Yep,

It is better then doing it for real or joining the military and getting killed in the middle east.

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5. Maybe that is why crimes rates have gone down as video games have gone up in sales.

[Aristus]

2. But one thing they ALL had an interest in?

Guns.

[applegrove]

3. Yes. Exactly.