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Posted on December 13, 2007, Shawn Sines Colorado Church Shooter was Denied Videogames by Parents

Matthew Murray, who killed five people including himself in two Church shootings in Colorado last weekend, was denied access to videogames and other evil influences.

According the Denver Post, Murray was forbidden to play videogames, watch DvDs or listen to rock music.

On another website, a poster named nghtmrchld26, believed by police to be Murray, said he rebelled against an upbringing that forbade him from buying rock music, video games and popular DVDs.

All Spin Zone has collected the posts Murray wrote under the name nghtmrchld26. The comments paint a pitcure of an abused individual wading through a haze of rage and depression culminating in the shootings. Social isolation seems to have been a big factor in Murray’s upbringing.

When I was a teenager my mother would do a pat down to check for music, DVDs and video games whenever I came out of an electronics store like Best Buy or Circuit City.

I’d still obtain things anyways, it was like getting drugs from a drug dealer, EVERYTHING had to be done in secret. lolI remember getting thrown around the room and hit while getting interrogated about whether or not I had video games and DVDs. Then there were the constant interrogations by the church pastors… I remember having to listen to everything in secret, at very low volume levels or with headphones, whether it was video games, TV, DVDs, or music/radio.

It’s unfortunate that the press would focus in on videogames and other taboo forms of entertainment as the trigger rather than years of sexual, physical, psychological, and emotional abuse in a restrictive environment. However it’s the perfect fuel to feed certain peoples agendas.

No matter what this young man has gone through, nothing excuses his actions.

via GamePolitics