Republicans just don’t want to deal with the gun problem or the white supremacist problem so they blame everything else.
“Politicians” are not blaming video games. Republicans are. Only Republicans. https://t.co/sz9dzvxgzy
— Francis Wilkinson (@fdwilkinson) August 6, 2019
As mass shootings roil the nation, President Trump and top Republicans are citing video games as one explanation for the bloodshed.
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2019
But experts say there is little evidence to link violent games to real-world violence. https://t.co/KyirgADYD5
Let me make this absolutely, 100%, crystal clear, as a Johns Hopkins-trained scientist and ER doctor:
— John Jiao, MD 🏥 (@JohnJiao) August 4, 2019
There are ZERO studies linking video games to gun violence.
There are MANY, MANY studies linking increased access to guns to gun violence.@GOPLeader, you are a lying coward.
“in coverage of mass school shootings specifically, video games were more than eight times as likely to be brought up when the shooter is white than when the shooter is black.” https://t.co/LRPSBn6Abm
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) August 6, 2019
Oxford study from earlier this year: "Violent video game
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 5, 2019
engagement is not associated
with adolescents’ aggressive
behaviour: evidence from
a registered report" https://t.co/0GoxsEBXmg
Hey @realDonaldTrump: Our son plays video games like Fortnite & Overwatch. So I play them to be cool. No mentions anywhere of a Hispanic "invasion"; or Mexicans are "rapists"; or immigrants should "go back" to where we came from. Also, see chart below.#VideogamesAreNotToBlame https://t.co/sln20oRhby
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 6, 2019
Babies are shot and killed with a machine guns and what does the President of The United States say – he says the fault lies with video games.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 6, 2019
Video games.
They are not going to change a single gun law.
They are not going to do anything to stop mass shootings.
Nothing.
Sad! 