Violent video game may be fun and kids my age might love this but what is really the addiction? Today we have protests about gun control, that link to some very sad very horrific things. In the recent mass shoot in Parkland Florida The shooter was also linked back to playing very violent video games a lot(Maya salam and Liam stack). Today so many kids play these types of games , we never know how one's self person could be affected. For this very reason violent video games should not be allowed to be played.It causes emotional aggression, it causes physical aggression, and has dirty money linked to mental issues One of the many reasons why violent video games shouldn’t be allowed because it's led to more emotional aggressive behavior. It’s …show more content…
Kids ‘act out´ with things that they see or things that they see in a video game. "The young men who opened fire at Columbine High School, at the movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and in other massacres had this in common: they were video gamers who seemed to be acting out some dark digital fantasy."They acted out on a Fantasy because of a video game. they had no real reason to go and do these things, only that they wanted to be like in the video games!(Caery, Benedict) This can cause fear and worry to us as people in places where we should feel safe. "Some studies done in schools or elsewhere have found that it is aggressive children who are the most likely to be drawn to violent video games in the first place; they are self-selected to be in more schoolyard conflicts.” Kids should feel safe in school, but they don't because of these kids, they have no clue if they might be put in a horrible situation because of these kids. As people we would like to be safe and feel okay where we are but for the most we can't not because we don't want to but because we can’t. We are never safe and we have to be ready to face life as it comes, yes it is painful to lose a loved one, but we are never 1000% safe, including where we should feel safe. Although yes, we are never safe places where we should feel safe are now put at risk due to these games and them linking to more aggression."Research has also found …show more content…
The games bring in dirty money. "Today 97% of teens in the U.S. play video games, and sales of games are growing. The domestic video game industry brings in nearly $12 billion a year. This popular form of media has both positive and negative effects on children." they makers must know that there not all positive effects on kids after all there is more than enough research. These kids, they might even try to go hurt someone themselves with their built up aggression. " "“After playing a violent video game, we found that people expect others to behave aggressively. That expectation may make them more defensive and more likely to respond with aggression themselves, as we saw in this study..." " We can’t and wouldn’t know when or if or how they would act up , the makers know this yet release games worse and worse. Although it may be true that it brings in a lot of money and it isn’t for the best reasons what about the people. Why do they not think that they are fueling the money and aggression. It by no means is entirely the makers