Ban video games.
Yup, anything else. Let's ban football and toss Madden in jail while we're at it.Well, if we're going to go there.... ban Twitch! That way I don't have to see the carnage the second amendment causes.
It would be, if there was any such thing as "video game addiction." Video games are no different than any form of repeatable entertainment. No one talks about "TV addiction" anymore even though the average American spends over 20 hours per week watching TV. It's a cultural bias that some people have with video games, because they associate them with children and think the activity is especially frivolous.
If anything can be "addictive," then nothing is addictive. A real "addiction" is a physical dependency.
It would be, if there was any such thing as "video game addiction." Video games are no different than any form of repeatable entertainment. No one talks about "TV addiction" anymore even though the average American spends over 20 hours per week watching TV. It's a cultural bias that some people have with video games, because they associate them with children and think the activity is especially frivolous.
If anything can be "addictive," then nothing is addictive. A real "addiction" is a physical dependency.
That's not what I responded to, that's not the topic, and handen't been mentioned before my post.
My personal opinion is that about a third of the population are to stupid, angry, ill, or just generally fucked up to own firearms.
You’re stupid. That’s all that really needs to be said.
I'm curious. As a non gun owner, how does one legally transport firearms through the airport? Does the gun have to be secured in your checked bag (no carry-on obviously) and do you need a special permit, or can you only do that between certain states?
Of course, I'm assuming the shooter flew from Baltimore to Jacksonville, but it's certainly driveable down I-95.
If I'm so "stupid" on this, then the issue is simple and there is no controversy among professionals. But that isn't the case. The APA was asked to put "internet gaming disorder" into the DSM V and they declined to do so. That's because they have no idea if excessive time spent gaming is a disorder itself or a symptom of another problem.
I am betting angry nerd teen who got into an argument with somebody at that tournament, or a previous gaming session.
Evidentally he was the official Madden player for the Buffalo Bills.
The problem was trying to compare video gaming with tv shows, video game are very competitive and this can be addicting. Watching a tv show doesn’t compare as you are not competing with another viewer to gain anything, so it’s not competitive, outside of actually being a contestant on a game show.
Yay stats from a pro gun fake "research" center. Aka John lott he of little credibility.
Oh come on man this is from John Lott. The man is a fraud. He has been repeatedly outed for his unethical and, at times, completely fabricated “statistics”.
There’s a reason he uses such a narrow window for this. What he doesn’t show is that no other country than the US had more than 3 occurrences. Many had just one. Then there’s the U.S. Dozens during the same period.
How about we look at the number of incidents vs. rate of gun ownership. Look it up. You’ll find the US has mass shootings at a massively higher rate vs. an ownership rate that is at most 2.5-3x higher. The U.S accounts for two thirds of all mass shootings in the industrialized world. Yes double all other countries combined.