Where Politics And Video Games Collide

"Great, this is what we need. Children with guns learning how to aim and shoot."

This fool makes a very big stupid point in his second sentence. "Children with guns". Now, I may have this wrong, but as far as I know, the nintendo zapper combined with Wiimote and Nunchuk is not a real gun! I could be mistaken, could someone clarify for me if it fires real bullets?

You could learn to aim with a toy gun I suppose, but to shoot? Compensate for recoil? Reload and maintain a firearm? Don't make me laugh. I had the highest score on Time Crisis 2 at college for 4 years running, but I still don't know how to load a real gun and would be scared out of my wits if I was actually to use one.

"Then we can sit back and wonder what is happening to our country with kids killing kids……what’s next?"

Your kid playing with a wii zapper will not lead to him killing another child. Your kid having mental problems, who is bullied at school, who does not receive the correct attention or treatment and who has access to a REAL firearm? Now that could certainly lead to a lethal scenario. Nothing is "happening to our country". There have been isolated incidents all through modern history of people who have gone crazy and killed multiple people with guns, before and after video games became popular. There will continue to be people who go crazy. The best we can do is try and find ways of better diagnosing or recognising people who may be prone to this and ensuring early treatment or close supervision. The worst we can do is pretend that video games or heavy metal or (insert cultural scapegoat) is responsible for it.