Quote Originally Posted by Pembroke_Corgi
Do any of the posters who believe violent crime is a result of "bad" parenting and video games realize that crime has actually been in decline since the early 90s? Here's a source, or you can just google it yourself: Crime Stats .

If your arguments were plausible, then crime should hypothetically be the highest it has ever been (after all we have way more access to violent games, etc than ever before) but it's not. The fact is that the only way to stop shooting rampages is to make guns illegal.
According to your own stats: Firearm-related crime has plummeted since 1993, then slightly increased in 2005.

Hrmm... if we keep violent video games and crime goes down, it also then appears that having guns causes a plummet in related crimes. So not banning video games based on your stats = not making guns illegal. I'll probably go through 3-4 hundred rounds this weekend; should be fun.

Edited to add that in CA it is actually a long process to purchase a gun. I've waited over a month for my most recent purchase of a long gun that will come in on Sunday. To buy a hand gun in CA it is a lot more difficult and a pretty advanced system through the department of justice. Sadly, criminals get their guns the same way druggies get their drugs...illegally and a lot quicker.