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Let's see the cops take this young man into custody ALIVE and hear the media talking about the importance of mental health, slipping through the cracks etc. on this one...
 
Trump administration increasingly bringing video games into school safety debate

But why aren't other countries experiencing the same problem?

By Robert Purchese Published 02/03/2018

Donald Trump apparently wants some face-to-face time with members of the video game industry following the tragic Florida school shooting last month.

"Next week [President Trump will] also be meeting with members of the video game industry to see what they can do on that front," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a press briefing yesterday (see the video below at timestamp 6:30). Huckabee was answering a question about why the 'Fix Nics' gun control legislation had suddenly been held up.



"This is going to be an ongoing process and something we don't expect to happen overnight," she added, "but something we're going to continue to be engaged in and continue to look for the best ways possible to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect schools across the country."

Sarah Huckabee answers the question at around 6:30.

Who she means by "members of the video game industry", however, is unclear. America houses some of the world's largest video game developers, but the Entertainment Software Association, which represents them and is an obvious first port of call for such a meeting, said it had received no such invitation from the Trump administration. "ESA and our member companies have not received an invitation to meet with President Trump," the organisation said in a statement sent to Kotaku.

Trump's apparent desire to meet with the video games industry comes after he name-dropped video games as having a negative impact on shaping young people's minds during a school safety meeting on 22nd February - again in wake of the tragic Florida school shooting.

"We have to look at the Internet because a lot of bad things are happening to young kids and young minds, and their minds are being formed. And we have to do something about maybe what they're seeing and how they're seeing it," President Trump said, via a transcript from the White House website.

"And also video games. I'm hearing more and more people say the level of violence on video games is really shaping young people's thoughts. And then you go the further step, and that's the movies. You see these movies, they're so violent. And yet a kid is able to see the movie if sex isn't involved, but killing is involved, and maybe they have to put a rating system for that."

It's against this backdrop - against this fear Trump will start piling blame on video games - the ESA's statement continued.

"The same video games played in the US are played worldwide," the ESA said. "However, the level of gun violence is exponentially higher in the US than in other countries. Numerous authorities have examined the scientific record and found there is no link between media content and real-life violence.

"The US video game industry has a long history of partnering with parents and more than 20 years of rating video games through the Entertainment Software Rating Board. We take great steps to provide tools to help players and parents make informed entertainment decisions."

Similar reactions spread across the video games industry last night, including one well-worded tweet by Microsoft Mixer community manager Josh Stein, who said, "Take whatever political stance you want but the video gaming industry is a vast and global market. The current issue with school safety being discussed is not a global issue, it's a USA issue.

"If video games were the problem then every country would be suffering from this."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ringing-video-games-into-school-safety-debate
 
dontdiedontkillanyone said:
Trump administration increasingly bringing video games into school safety debate

But why aren't other countries experiencing the same problem?

By Robert Purchese Published 02/03/2018

Donald Trump apparently wants some face-to-face time with members of the video game industry following the tragic Florida school shooting last month.

"Next week [President Trump will] also be meeting with members of the video game industry to see what they can do on that front," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a press briefing yesterday (see the video below at timestamp 6:30). Huckabee was answering a question about why the 'Fix Nics' gun control legislation had suddenly been held up.



"This is going to be an ongoing process and something we don't expect to happen overnight," she added, "but something we're going to continue to be engaged in and continue to look for the best ways possible to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect schools across the country."

Sarah Huckabee answers the question at around 6:30.

Who she means by "members of the video game industry", however, is unclear. America houses some of the world's largest video game developers, but the Entertainment Software Association, which represents them and is an obvious first port of call for such a meeting, said it had received no such invitation from the Trump administration. "ESA and our member companies have not received an invitation to meet with President Trump," the organisation said in a statement sent to Kotaku.

Trump's apparent desire to meet with the video games industry comes after he name-dropped video games as having a negative impact on shaping young people's minds during a school safety meeting on 22nd February - again in wake of the tragic Florida school shooting.

"We have to look at the Internet because a lot of bad things are happening to young kids and young minds, and their minds are being formed. And we have to do something about maybe what they're seeing and how they're seeing it," President Trump said, via a transcript from the White House website.

"And also video games. I'm hearing more and more people say the level of violence on video games is really shaping young people's thoughts. And then you go the further step, and that's the movies. You see these movies, they're so violent. And yet a kid is able to see the movie if sex isn't involved, but killing is involved, and maybe they have to put a rating system for that."

It's against this backdrop - against this fear Trump will start piling blame on video games - the ESA's statement continued.

"The same video games played in the US are played worldwide," the ESA said. "However, the level of gun violence is exponentially higher in the US than in other countries. Numerous authorities have examined the scientific record and found there is no link between media content and real-life violence.

"The US video game industry has a long history of partnering with parents and more than 20 years of rating video games through the Entertainment Software Rating Board. We take great steps to provide tools to help players and parents make informed entertainment decisions."

Similar reactions spread across the video games industry last night, including one well-worded tweet by Microsoft Mixer community manager Josh Stein, who said, "Take whatever political stance you want but the video gaming industry is a vast and global market. The current issue with school safety being discussed is not a global issue, it's a USA issue.

"If video games were the problem then every country would be suffering from this."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ringing-video-games-into-school-safety-debate
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Nigga trying to blame video games like wtf
 
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/despite-parkland-states-plow-ahead-with-new-pro-gun-bills

Despite Parkland, States Plow Ahead With New Pro-Gun Bills

Last month’s massacre in Parkland, Fla., which killed 17 high school students and staff, kicked off a national conversation about the need for increased gun control.

But gun rights supporters are playing offense as well as defense. Despite Parkland, Republican lawmakers in a number of states are quietly advancing a slew of NRA-backed bills. In some cases, they’re even citing the shooting as a reason why we need more guns, not fewer.

Even as gun control legislation remains stalled in Congress, the NRA has campaigned for 15 measures in 11 states that would further loosen gun restrictions. Among other things, the bills would strengthen existing stand-your-ground laws (Wyoming and Idaho), allow people to carry handguns without a permit (Oklahoma), and expand the list of places where people can carry guns (numerous states).

Here are five pro-gun bills that have moved forward in state legislatures since the February 14 shooting:

  • On February 15, the day after the Parkland shooting, Idaho lawmakers introduced a bill to strengthen the state’s “stand your ground” law to the floor. The measure would expand the definition of justifiable homicide to include not merely defending a shooter’s home but his or her vehicle or place of employment, as well. On Monday, the bill passed the majority-Republican Senate after a vote along party lines.
  • A South Dakota bill exempts private schools and churches from a law that made it illegal to carry guns on school grounds. The bill, introduced in January, passed the House on the day of the Parkland shooting, then the Senate on Thursday.
  • On Tuesday, the West Virginia House passed, by 85-14, an NRA-backed bill forcing private businesses to allow employees and visitors to keep firearms in cars parked on private property. Twenty-two states have similar “parking lot” laws. West Virginia lawmakers rejected amendments that would have made exceptions for chemical plants and churches.
  • In Indiana, Rep. Jim Lucas filed an amendment this week to expand an existing bill aimed at letting Hoosiers take guns into schools and churches. Citing Parkland, Lucas says the bill now needs to be broadened to guarantee a right to carry on all state-owned property. “We just need to eliminate gun-free zones,” Lucas said according to the Indianapolis Star.
  • On Wednesday, Tennessee state Rep. Andy Holt, a Republican, introduced a bill to let people carry guns in airports, with a special provision that bars local governments from passing their own gun regulations. It is next scheduled for consideration on Tuesday, March 6.
And of course, pro-gun lawmakers have also been busy fighting off gun control measures. In Virginia alone, the NRA took a victory lap for having defeated more than 60 restrictions on guns proposed to the general assembly during a single legislative session, including universal background checks, and a law that would have required gun owners to report firearms stolen. The group declared that particular victory six days after Parkland.
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/20-year-old-lawsuit-walmart-dicks-age-discrimination

20-Year-Old Files Suits Against Dick’s, Walmart For Refusing To Sell Him A Gun

A 20-year-old Oregon man on Monday filed lawsuits against Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods for refusing to sell him a firearm, just a week after both retailers announced they would not sell guns to anyone under the age of 21.

Tyler Watson, a 20-year-old from Gold Hill, Oregon, alleged in lawsuits filed separately against both retailers that they discriminated against him based on his age when they refused to sell him firearms.

Watson claimed that he attempted to purchase a .22 caliber Ruger rifle from Dick’s on Feb. 24 and then tried to buy a gun from Walmart on March 3. According to the lawsuit, both retailers refused to sell Watson a firearm because of his age. Oregon state law allows anybody to purchase rifles or shotguns starting at the age of 18, but federal law requires a person to be 21 in order to purchase a handgun, though that restriction does not extend to shotguns or rifles.

The lawsuits were filed the week after both retailers announced new restrictions on gun sales after a 19-year-old allegedly opened fire with an AR-15 rifle at a high school in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died.

Dick’s announced on Feb. 28 that it will no longer sell assault-style rifles and that a customer would have to be 21 years old in order to purchase any gun from its stores. Walmart stopped selling AR-15s and other types of semi-automatic weapons in 2015, but also announced last week that it will no longer sell firearms or ammunition to anyone under 21 years of age.

Watson in his lawsuits demanded that both retailers “stop unlawfully discriminating against 18, 19 and 20-year-old customers” in Oregon. He is also seeking punitive damages for “illegal age discrimination” in violation of state law.

Watson’s attorney Max Whittington told the Oregonian in an interview published Monday that his client is the first to file suit against the retail giants for their policy change. Whittington said Watson did not know about the new policy when he attempted to purchase the weapon.

“He was really just trying to buy a rifle,” Whittington told the Oregonian.

Whittington did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.

A Walmart spokesperson told the Oregonian that the corporation plans to stand by and defend its new policy. A Dick’s Sporting Goods spokesperson did not immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.
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