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Do Violent Video Games Cause Real Violence?

Lili Krause
Period 2
December 10, 2014

Would you let your kids play violent video games after whats been happening?
Violent video games can get kids used to violence. Kids can be influenced by the
violence. Video games cause violence. Violent video games cause violence in teenagers.
Violent video games can get kids used to violence. Kids who play violent video
games become more aggressive and get involved in more aggressive behaviors. In 1997,
a 14 year old killed multiple people at his high school in Paducah, KY. The officers later
found that he played a lot of the fight to the game, Doom. Kids can easily get addicted to
the violent video games. The 22 year old who killed 20 first graders,Adam Lanza, was
addicted to the violent video games. Others would say the opposite. Some would say
People should know right from wrong and fantasy from reality. Violent video games can
get kids used to violence, although they should know right from wrong. [Avid Weekly]
Kids can get influence by the violence in the video games. Anders Brevik killed 77
people at a summer camp. He later said he trained for his attack using the war game Call
of Duty. Violent video games teach kids that violence is an acceptable way to solve
conflicts. Many violent video games reward the gamers after they get a certain amount of
kills.
Some would argue that the video games are not the problem. They say its the
parents fault for not teaching their child right from wrong. Kids can be influenced by the

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violence in the video games. In the article Avid Weekly, it states that violent video games
do not cause all the violence, some kids may have mental disorders and that maybe they
shouldnt play the video games.
[videogames.procon.org] [Avid Weekly]
Violent video games cause the violence. Some studies show the Washington
Naval Yard Gunman is addicted to Call of Duty. They blame the game for his crimes. A
bias is one thing, but turning a deadly shooting into an excuse, is not ok. The main
concern is gamers cant tell
the difference between games and reality. So, violent video games will result to violent behavior.
Some people say that people could be bullied or have a mental disorder and that is why they
are committing the crimes. Violent video games cause the violence because they get kids used
to violence, kids can be influence by the violence, video games cause they violence. So, would
you still let you child play violent video games after this?

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Works Cited
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<http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/do-violent-video-games-lead-to-real-violence-1.375519>.
"Do Violent Video Games Lead to Real Violence? - HowStuffWorks." HowStuffWorks. Web. 04
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"Video Games ProCon.org." ProConorg Headlines. Web. 05 Jan. 2015.
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