The recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has been met with a groundswell of support for tighter gun control policies, and greater pressure on the National Rifle Association than this country has seen in years. The response from Donald Trump, the President of the United States, was somewhat receptive at first—until he met with NRA officials in the Oval Office. The president's position now seems to be that school shootings and other incidents of mass murder are the result of violent media—specifically video games. Trump convened a White House summit Thursday with video game makers and critics—but no psychologists or anyone else with expertise in relevant fields—to discuss the issue.

Never mind that there is no evidence linking violent video games to real-world violence. Neither peer-reviewed studies nor observable reality have ever stopped the president before. And never mind that the president, himself, has often used violent rhetoric, and openly advocated for violence, at his rallies. Based on his own speeches, Trump has no problem with violent content at all.

"Video games "is just another head-fake to move the discussion on gun violence away from the fact that the United States has nearly twice as many guns per capita and 25 times the rate of firearm homicide of other developed nations. —Jack Holmes



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