WASHINGTON D.C. -A meeting today between representatives from Ubisoft, Rockstar, Bethesda, Activision, and many other prominent video game developers led to the announcement of the formation of a new lobbying group, The Digital Rifle Association of America.

Following a week where America saw yet another round of gun violence, President Trump blamed ‘gruesome and grizzly’ video games for the tragedies. Citing this speech, and recent policy proposals from Republicans in Congress seeking to limit violence in video games, the respective heads of the assembled game studios claimed they have no choice if they are to protect their livelihoods and the rights of game owning Americans everywhere.

“We believe that the founding fathers, had they foreseen the development of video games, would have included in the second amendment the right of all Americans to bear digital firearms, be they assault rifles, missile launchers, plasma weaponry, or tactical nuclear catapults” Said Todd Howard, Executive Producer and Game Director at Bethesda Softworks. Sam Houser, co-founder, and president of Rockstar Games said “It’s become clear our freedoms are under attack from Republican politicians and pearl-clutching mothers everywhere. First, they’ll take away the guns, then it’s melee weapons. Pretty soon you won’t even be able to run over a prostitute with your car and steal your money back. I don’t know about you, but that’s a world I don’t want my children to have to live in.”

Studio heads indicated that gamers who wish to join the DRA will have to pay yearly membership dues in order to support efforts to lobby Congress, but in return, there will be several perks for members, including free DLCs, micro-transaction credits, and beta testing keys.

When asked for comment, Mark Rubin of Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call Of Duty franchise, said the President “can have my game controller when he pries it from my cold, dead hands.”