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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMayor of Odessa, Texas blames 'problem of the heart' and video games for shootings
Theres always going to be evil people. Evil people find ways to hurt people, he said, citing the Stillwater incident.
Whether its an airplane in New York. When I was in Stillwater, Oklahoma, a lady plowed into a crowd of people at a parade. You sit here, and you wonder why. You dont understand why. I think thats when you have to lean on your faith, Turner claimed.
But you do realize there was a shooting and the mass shooting in El Paso not too far ago, far away, just about a month ago, Gibson explained. Again, with an assault rifle. This is an assault rifle. Isnt there something common in all of this?
Yeah. I think its a problem of the heart, to be honest with you, Turner explained. We have so many violent video games.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/odessa-texas-mayor-blames-problem-of-the-heart-and-video-games-for-most-recent-mass-shooting/
stopbush
(24,392 posts)Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)Voltaire2
(12,957 posts)in video games. The carnage is stunning. It is an ongoing genocide of historic proportions.
Game characters: the untold tragedy of the 21st century.
Who will send thoughts and prayers to fortnight?
underpants
(182,603 posts)He was driving around with a loaded assault type weapon
He was a time bomb waiting to go off AND he had the mess to fire a lot of rounds in a short period of time. Period.
Skittles
(153,111 posts)dalton99a
(81,391 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,102 posts)motherfuckers!
Vinca
(50,236 posts)country is that every Tom, Dick and lunatic can buy any kind of gun they want and drive around an American city shooting people.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)Or both?
It is complete idiocy to blame video games -- only somebody with extremely limited cognitive ability could believe that video games are the cause.
struggle4progress
(118,224 posts)Perhaps we should outlaw left turns. Perhaps we should not allow police to write traffic tickets. Maybe we should fly the flag at half mast every day! It is very perplexing, and we are studying all our options!"
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Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)These days I wouldn't be caught dead in Texas.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,738 posts)Most people who play video games do not buy an AR-15 and shoot up the place.
Initech
(100,035 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)For states like NY and CA that means confiscation and border controls.