If there is a link between video games and school shootings, we’ve found it to be in the opposite direction than what’s implied by the proposed tax. Our research shows that from 1996 to 2011, as video game sales soared, youth violence dropped by over 80 percent. Countries that consume more video games per capita than the U.S., such as South Korea, Japan, and the Netherlands, have among the lowest violence rates on the planet. The finding that violent video games are related to decreases in violent crime is extremely robust and reached multiple times by different scholars. Long-term studies of youth have not found that playing action games predicts later bullying, violent crime, or conduct disorder. As a result, many scientists in this area no longer believe violent media cause societal violence.