[Tom4784]

The NRA has lashed out at violent entertainment as the cause of the recent shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. In a press conference held earlier today and a statement posted on the NRA’s official site, NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre said violent crime is increasing and that “there exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.”

LaPierre specifically called out “vicious, violent video games with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse” and pointed to a ten year-old flash game called Kindergarten Killer as well as “blood-soaked slasher films like American Psycho and Natural Born Killers.” LaPierre said such films “are aired like propaganda loops on ‘Splatterdays’ and every day” along with “a thousand music videos that portray life as a joke and murder as a way of life.”

“And then they have the nerve to call it ‘entertainment,’” LaPierre added, “but is that what it really is? Isn't fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography? In a race to the bottom, media conglomerates compete with one another to shock, violate and offend every standard of civilized society by bringing an ever-more-toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty into our homes — every minute of every day of every month of every year.”

LaPierre said “a child growing up in America witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time he or she reaches the ripe old age of 18” and called upon parents to protect their children, adding “they're our kids. They're our responsibility. And it's not just our duty to protect them — it's our right to protect them.” Rallying against gun control, LaPierre called upon Congress “to put armed police officers in every school” in order to “make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.”

In response to LaPierre’s statements, Jennifer Mercurio, vice president & general counsel at the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), issued the following statement:

“We agree with the Supreme Court's decisions, and the volumes of scientific research, which all clearly state that there is no causal link between media violence and real life violence. As we are all learning increasingly through the news, this is a situation of the perpetrator's mental disorders, and his family's inability to adequately deal with them in time. Our hearts remain with all those suffering in the aftermath of this horrendous crime.”

LaPierre’s statements come just days after West Virginia senator Jay Rockefeller proposed a bill to study “the impact of violent content, including video games and video programming, on children.”

Bull**** upon bull****.

I LOATHE people who seek to blame the crimes of deranged people on games and films, by even mentioning the possiblity of it you're basically vindicating these killers. 'Oh it's alright, it's not their fault let's just blame it on Call of Duty'.

If you murder someone in cold blood then the potential to do so has been there long before you started playing Grand Theft Auto. A game, Film or TV show cannot make someone murderous. They chose to kill innocent people and no one should be blamed but them. Ugh it makes me so mad. These people are just avoiding the real issue by antagonising the media.

[Marc]

The guy was insane, there was probably no stopping him if anybody tried.

[Doogle]

Not this **** again

[Scarlett.]

Obviously not down to the guns or owt.

[Mrluvaluva]

Nothing to do with the fact of the ease of availability and ownership of guns.

[arista]

"Blames Games and Films"

Not Alone they do not
they say more Schools with Armed Protection
is the answer.

[Marcus.]

they are looking for something to blame

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by arista

"Blames Games and Films"

Not Alone they do not
they say more Schools with Armed Protection
is the answer.

Yeah. Let's protect them from guns with guns. Let's put more guns out there, until one of those guns falls into the wrong hands., and we are left with another tragedy on our hands...

[Liberty4eva]

The NRA did a hit piece on the UK about their policies towards guns.

Youtube video

When it comes down to it, would you rather live in a country where responsible citizens can have guns or would you rather live in a country where only the government and criminals have guns?

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

The NRA did a hit piece on the UK about their policies towards guns.

When it comes down to it, would you rather live in a country where responsible citizens can have guns or would you rather live in a country where only the government and criminals have guns?

With the problem being, not everyone is a "responsible citizen".

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

With the problem being, not everyone is a "responsible citizen".

Exactly, the people who do these massacres always SEEM to be normal people before they go mad with a gun.

[Jords]

I think violent video games/films might make children behave more aggressively but ****s me off when they blame things like this on them.

[Scarlett.]

I also like that outraged parents always blame the developers and publishers, when they're the ones who went to a game shop and bought an 18/M Rated game.

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

The NRA did a hit piece on the UK about their policies towards guns.

Youtube video

When it comes down to it, would you rather live in a country where responsible citizens can have guns or would you rather live in a country where only the government and criminals have guns?

I'd rather the country remain unarmed, and I'll take my chances. I really can't be arsed to watch the video. The NRA is an organisation set up to protect gun manufacturers, not people.

[Liberty4eva]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

I'd rather the country remain unarmed, and I'll take my chances. I really can't be arsed to watch the video. The NRA is an organisation set up to protect gun manufacturers, not people.

Amount of deaths by cars in the USA in 2011 were 32,367. Number of gun homicides was 11,493. Basically, you're 3 times more likely to be killed by a car than by a gun and yet you'd have us believe there is a gun-violence epidemic.

What you would like is a country where only the government have access to guns. And that's also what the government (both in the US and UK) would like. It has nothing to do with protecting us or keeping us safe and everything to do with them just wanting to be the group that has a monopoly on the guns. When it comes to the government, the name of the game is power and just about everything that they do is done to enhance it.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

Amount of deaths by cars in the USA in 2011 were 32,367. Number of gun homicides was 11,493. Basically, you're 3 times more likely to be killed by a car than by a gun and yet you'd have us believe there is a gun-violence epidemic.

What you would like is a country where only the government have access to guns. And that's also what the government (both in the US and UK) would like. It has nothing to do with protecting us or keeping us safe and everything to do with them just wanting to be the group that has a monopoly on the guns. When it comes to the government, the name of the game is power and just about everything that they do is done to enhance it.

I like your trying to spin 11,493 homicides into a good thing, thats still 11,493 people who were killed with a gun in one year.

I ended up watching that crazy video, and it's complete bollocks. I knew exactly what I was in for when an Australian guy compared having his guns taken off him, to being like the Jews in Nazi Germany.

[Liberty4eva]

Originally Posted by Chewdolph

I like your trying to spin 11,493 homicides into a good thing, thats still 11,493 people who were killed with a gun in one year.

Point being, nobody ever talks about car deaths or proposes to do something about car deaths. Would you give more weight and importance to the lives of 11,493 than to 32 thousand?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

Yeah. Let's protect them from guns with guns. Let's put more guns out there, until one of those guns falls into the wrong hands., and we are left with another tragedy on our hands...

More schools will be Attacked by a Single Crazy Person
as they know - no guns to take them out


Its Crazy

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Liberty4eva

Point being, nobody ever talks about car deaths or proposes to do something about car deaths. Would you give more weight and importance to the lives of 11,493 than to 32 thousand?

Because car deaths are usually accidents, gun homicides usually aren't.

[Mrluvaluva]

How automobile deaths can be compared to fatal shootings is beyond me. There are hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road each day. They are there to serve a purpose, and not designed for killing, as guns are. Guns only have the one purpose. It's not like you could say that the deaths by gun crime were caused as a by product of accidental cross fire, as they were being used as a necessity in every day life. Sorry, but there is no comparison.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by arista

More schools will be Attacked by a Single Crazy Person
as they know - no guns to take them out


Its Crazy

And people arming themselves with guns do not always necessarily act as a deterrent.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

And people arming themselves with guns do not always necessarily act as a deterrent.

With Each School Armed
it will stop the Coward Crazy Gun Monsters
once a few are shot Dead Fast.



Its The Only Way
for America.

Originally Posted by arista

With Each School Armed
it will stop the Coward Crazy Gun Monsters
once a few are shot Dead Fast.



Its The Only Way
for America.

Columbine had armed security in their school. They were outgunned by the powerful weapons carried by the kids, and forced into retreat.

[Liberty4eva]

Originally Posted by Chewdolph

Because car deaths are usually accidents, gun homicides usually aren't.

majority of car accidents are preventable so I see car deaths as a greater problem than gun deaths.

Anyways, say what you will but if it wasn't for the right of citizens to own guns, the US might well still be a British colony. It serves as the last and ultimate check against authority and government that has overstepped its bounds.