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Boxerrider wrote: BTW; I am not in favor of banning any categories of video games, and I don't believe that we can force people who have children to be good parents. I do believe that public schools have a responsibility to protect the people within them, and that as long as school administrators are allowed to shrug off that responsibility these horrible events will continue to happen.

Jeff

Well stated. I think the goal should be to keep the younger kids away from the violent games, while they are so impressionable, but an outright ban is no better for games than it is for guns.

And I agree 100% about school administrators... I sure would like to see our schools better secured and better prepared.

MaduroBU wrote:Kids with proper socialization can play violent games without ill effect.

I'm going to disagree. Unless you define without ill effects as just not becoming a mass murderer. We're just now seeing the effects of a generation who have played the life-like games with "good" graphics and realistic killing... I fear lots more of this.

I spent 20 years in recruiting and have interviewed thousands of people... the tech/video game generation is a serious social train wreck. Sure many are smart but they can't communicate with other people, without a device or deal with their emotions.

I've banned many of the Xbox games from my son and limited his playing time on others due to the extreme violence... watch even a good kid [with a solid home life] play one of those games for 30 minutes and you'll see him salivating for the next kill. They don't want to "win" the game or level, it's about the kill. There is nothing benign about it.

I agree wholeheartedly that good parenting is key, but with no standard, no objective oversight or legal authority- you can't regulate that. There aren't many easy answers.

just reported shooter in custody. no update on injuries or casualties.