NRA Set to Blame Violent Media and Games During Conference Set for December 21

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  • Shawn Zipay
    Managing Communities 24/7
    • Apr 2003
    • 69279

    #1

    NRA Set to Blame Violent Media and Games During Conference Set for December 21

    In an effort to play the blame game and get the blame off of where it belongs and onto something as innocent as video games, the NRA is slated to blame violent media as a reason for Adam Lanza's horrific rampage last week.

    Not to be outdone, multiple media outlets such as Fox News, Telegraph, The Sun, and CNN are also pointing a finger at video games as a reason why Adam Lanza murdered 20 children and six adults. Specifically, they're blaming games such as StarCraft 2 and Call of Duty for causing this.

    However as mentioned, the NRA is also ready to point fingers to try and get the blame off of themselves and how easy it is for people to obtain guns in the States.
    An anonymous "industry source" tells Fox News that the NRA is prepared to point its finger and the culture of violent media found in various forms of entertainment including television, movies, and video games.

    "If we're going to have a conversation, then let's have a comprehensive conversation," an unnamed industry source told Fox News. "If we're going to talk about the Second Amendment, then let's also talk about the First Amendment, and Hollywood, and the video games that teach young kids how to shoot heads.(...)

    From the NRA:
    "The National Rifle Association of America is made up of four million moms and dads, sons and daughters -- and we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown," the statement read. "Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting."

    You know what? Adam Lanza also drank water and inhaled air. We should probably point our fingers at those things because they clearly are contributing factors to causing someone with an already established mental condition to go on a rampage and murder someone, let alone a school full of children and their own mother.

    So to the media at large and the NRA, kindly pull your heads out of your collective asses. It's bad enough you're slinging this mud and that people are dumb enough to believe the absolute massive pile of crap you're spewing.

    (via GamePolitics)
  • cikame
    Member
    • Jun 2011
    • 1799

    #2
    And here i was defending both.
    I'm sure it had nothing to do with the kids diagnosed schizophrenia, his parents ugly divorce battle, his mum's crazy end of world supply and weapon hoarding and the fact that she took her schizophrenic son to a gun range to learn how to shoot.

    Stop blaming the easy things and take a hard fucking look at the difficult ones.

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    • K-16
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      • Sep 2026
      • 2018

      #3
      Well when there are angry mobs violently protesting for gun control, the NRA had to pick a scapegoat "controversial" enough to convince people to shift their attention.

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      • Porkfist
        Member
        • Jun 2010
        • 41

        #4
        It appears to me, that alot of us stand to lose many things we enjoy, because of the actions of a mentally damaged person. The whole thing is horrible, but this backlash has potential to be horrible in and of itself.

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        • Shawn Zipay
          Managing Communities 24/7
          • Apr 2003
          • 69279

          #5


          Congressional gun rights supporters showed an increased willingness Tuesday to consider new legislation to control firearms in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings — provided it also addresses mental health issues and the impact of violent video games.

          A former co-chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and 10-term House Republican Jack Kingston — a Georgia lawmaker elected with strong National Rifle Association backing — were the latest to join the call to consider gun control as part of a comprehensive, anti-violence effort next year.

          "Put guns on the table, also put video games on the table, put mental health on the table," Kingston said.
          Great.

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          • DunkinSPE
            OT's Daddy Warbucks
            • Aug 2006
            • 452

            #6
            How bout when crazy people do crazy things don't pass a bunch of laws that in no way affect the outcomes of current or future events.

            If gaming has taught me anything it's that there are some f'd up crazy mofo's out there. The only way to deal with them is Be Prepared and have a Bigger Club. In gaming it's the ban hammer. In real life it's better training and a gun.

            Living Life is a RISK. Go and research what an actuary does and you'll be amazed at the ways and % chance you can end up dead in any given way. Safety and Security are methods of dealing with RISK but there is no such thing as absence of RISK. Ultimately you alone are the only person who can truly make changes to the RISK EXPOSURES you face every day. Once you come to come to terms with that and stop listening to the media and talking heads you can do things to protect yourself as best you can. Congress can't prevent gun violence, they can't bring people back from the dead, they can not foresee the future, or look into the hearts of men. Hell they can't even pass a budget or balance their books. What brilliant insight do we think these retards will give us?

            My code is simple:

            1. Love God
            2. Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
            3. Take care of Family
            4. Be Prepared
            5. Protect the Innocent and Weak
            6. Be Yourself & Walk Tall
            7. Learn Skills & New Things Every Day
            8. Anything not Covered in the above...Pray, Study, Pray and Repeat the Above list.
            "We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt." -John Winger (Bill Murray) Stripes

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