What about gaming controls instead of gun controls?

I disagree with the idea that being a gamer is a cause of someone's violence.Just because a large number of people who commit violent acts play these video games dosen't mean video games were the cause of the violence.Correlation is not the same as causation.It just happens that younger people are more likely to commit school shootings and are more likely to play video games.The actual reason for most of these killings are mental health problems which can affect anybody it's mostly caused by bullying or problems at home.

America has a deep spiritual problem. We allow all that is violent in the name of freedom, but silence in the the name of tolerance any counter to that violence. We can talk freely about our vices, but not about the reasons why those vices may not be good for us. Does not make any sense. plain and simple, my opinion; we've kicked God out of our national life and invited satan in.

I was about to flip out with the title but upon reading your post I will not. To those that are saying or supporting the idea that Video Games are responsible for the violence the Secret Service has looked into this and have found there to be no connection between Violence in Video Games and Shootings. The thing is some people are just F'ed in the head and these sort of things happen. If you really want to know something Violence in real life as in the persons actual life will have far more effect on their image of violence. Anyone who is making the argument that Video Games are in any way to blame are short on facts and loud in talk. Video Games have the same effect as any other form of media which is to be very little. The United States is number one in these mass killings and guess what the rest of the World has these same games with little to no modifications made to them. Germany is the only one that I can think of off the top of my head that has some real no no's when it comes to the content of the Video Games. So No Video Games don't need any Controls on them anyway they are protected as Freedom Of Speech under a Supreme Court Ruling. So yeah you won't be able to put any real controls on them besides the age limit which we already have due to the fact that the Retail Business Association has come out stating that it will not sell to minors games that have the ESRB's M Rating on them unless they are with an adult (Assumed to be parent). The Retail Business Association won't even sell any games in their stores that have the Ao Rating due to it being considered so violent or has content of a disturbing nature that it is Suggested that those who are 18+ be the only people who view it. Also few games could be put into the category as having meaningless violence. Most of the popular games have a story that is going to have violence in it and video games that don't have violence of some form are very few and far between and often don't sell at all unless they are for little kids (3-7). Grand Theft Auto and ManHunt 2 might be two games that have a ton of meaningless violence to some people due to the open nature of Grand Theft Auto you are free to destroy the city and terrorize the town. The thing is Video Games are an escape method and a way to blow off some steam so they actually help people deal with life they are a place for you to go and not have to worry about life for a few hours. Video games are awesome.

Personally if you look at all these shooters they all have one common thing. Mental health issues. That is where we need to fix the problem. Better mental health available to these people. I read an article a mother wrote the other day. She has a child with mental health issues. She terrified her child is going to hurt someone or himself. She is terrified of her son. But getting help for him has been a struggle. They give him meds and send him home. Repeatedly. Her story really opened my eyes to the fact that there are parents out there with kids that need help but are not getting the help they need.

I have no doubt that the games play a major role in the lives of these evil people. But I think that we could just as well look at the movie and television content. All of these forms of media have become extremely violent. The games are perhaps the worst of all since the "player" can act out the horrific episodes. But then we also have to look at some of the music industry. Although games probably play the largest role, all of these other forms of media help to propagate violence...it's a very sad world that we live in...