Republican Rep Wrong To Blame Video Games For ‘Gun Violence’

By Tom Knighton

Everyone has a theory as to what is to blame for gun violence. Both sides of the debate have their favorite causes. For the anti-gunners it’s, obviously, guns. For those who disagree, there are a number of potential causes but when it comes to mass shootings, mental health is a favorite.

However, some on the pro-gun side have long blamed video games for gun violence of all stripes.

One of the latest to make that claim is Republican Rep. Ken Calvert of California.

“Extremely violent” video games and “a loss of religious concerns” contribute to gun violence and mass shootings and new gun laws are unlikely to stop mass shootings, Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, said in a recent interview.

Speaking to Spectrum News 1, Calvert, the Inland Empire’s longest-serving congressman, threw cold water on more gun restrictions as the answer to a recent spate of mass shootings and gun-related deaths that killed almost 40,000 Americans in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“It seems like the cost of human life, it’s not just mass shootings, what’s going on in Chicago, what’s going on in Los Angeles is, I think, a loss of religious concerns,” said Calvert, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms