Posted September 27, 2017 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Do violent movies make kids more likely to commit acts of violence? It’s a debate that’s gone on since at least Columbine, though I seem to remember people claiming a link for far longer. The idea is that people who watch violence become conditioned and are far more likely to become violent themselves.

Now, there’s apparently been a study that claims to have found a link between violent films and gun use by kids.

New research published in JAMA Pediatrics, shows that kids who watched a short movie with guns were more likely to pull the trigger on a real (unloaded) gun following the film compared to kids who watched a movie without guns.

The researchers, from Ohio State University and Wittenberg University, recruited 104 kids aged eight to 12 and randomly assigned them into pairs to watch a 20-minute PG film clip. Half the kids saw a clip with guns and violence, and half did not.

The kids were then allowed to play in a room full of toys which included Legos, Nerf guns, games like checkers, and a real 0.38-caliber handgun. The gun had been disabled so it could not shoot, and a sensor was installed to calculate the number …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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