President Trump accuses the game of contributing to the shooting


by Alexander Andrews

President Trump's camp has so far claimed that ' violent games cause shootings ' and has often called for the need to regulate games that contain violent language. The game was once again played as a result of consecutive shootings in El Paso , Texas on August 3, 2019, and Dayton , Ohio on August 4.

Trump, GOP blame recent mass shootings on video games and the internet-Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/5/20754784/el-paso-dayton-mass-shootings-trump-video-games

Trump and Republicans continue to blame video games for their failures on gun control-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20754793/trump-gun-control-video-games-violence-republicans-no-evidence-dayton-el-paso-texas-ohio

President Donald Trump gave a speech on August 5, 2019 and talked about two shootings that occurred in the first week of August 2019. In this, President Trump said, “We must quit the trend of praising violence in society. This includes video games that contain miserable and horrible expressions that are now commonplace. Today, it is too easy for troubled young people to dress in a culture that praises violence, which is completely regulated or greatly reduced (video games with miserable and terrifying expressions). ”And he criticized the game as violently as his previous claims.

Polygon, an overseas game media, wrote that a familiar scapegoat has appeared, and is ironic about the game's unchanging attitude toward the game.

President Trump also argues that, like games, the Internet has helped spread violent beliefs, saying, 'If you don't realize that the Internet offers a dangerous way to drive a confused heart, Do n’t do it. ” In response to President Trump's remarks, Cloudflare, the CDN provider, received criticism that “service provision could increase people's hatred and did not take enough steps to prevent it,” eventually The service for the image board “8chan” has been discontinued.

Cloudflare announces service termination to image bulletin board `` 8chan '' as affecting the shooting case-GIGAZINE



In his speech, President Trump has pledged to strengthen government support for the victims of the shootings and FBI investigations. further. He says 'I want to do a better job' to detect early signs of violent prejudice and promises to strengthen efforts against the frequent violent incidents of violence. Polygon notes, “It is clear that the government will start working more closely with social media companies to achieve the goals mentioned in the speech.”

President Trump isn't the only one who believes the game contributed to the shooting. The House minority Leader at the same Republican lawmakers and Trump President Kevin McCarthy and Mr., Mr. Dan Patrick of Texas deputy governor, and the game has contributed to the shootings comment has been, game The view that sees as one of the causes of gun shooting is spreading. In addition, Mr. Patrick said that the shooting incident in El Paso, Texas referred to the popular FPS call of duty, and Mr. McCarthy said he would appeal to the government that some action should be taken against the game industry. The

Politicians aren't the only ones who make the game a scapegoat without a clear ground that the game contributes to the shooting. Even Fox News commentators stated in the news program that the game is useful for “changing people inhumanely” through a mechanism like “headshots”. In contrast, Rod Breslau, an e-sports consultant, criticizes, 'The guns in video games do not kill people, real guns kill people.'



There are research results that there is no relation between `` playing games '' and `` being violent '', and experts who work in the game industry say `` It is not a game that kills people, There is a view that gun control that doesn't go on in the United States is a major cause of gun shooting, as the comment “It ’s a gun” pops out.

Research results announced that `` playing games '' and `` violent '' are not related-gigazine



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