President Trump Blames Video Games As Cause For Mass Shootings
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks on August 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump delivered remarks on the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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In response to two mass shootings which left over 30 people dead in Daytona, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, President Trump made a statement today condemning the shootings and pointing the finger to video games as the cause.
As he spoke about the “glorification of violence”, the President, cited “gruesome and grizzly video games” which were now wide spread. Trump continued saying that the proliferation of these games must be stopped.
There have be that there have been virtually no studies with concrete links between mass shootings or violence and video games.