• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I understand they want closure and to prevent this from happening again, but suing a video game publisher bcz of depictions of guns is a bit of a reach.

    There’s research to back this up, video games do not cause violence.

    • jerkface@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      The research is not nearly comprehensive enough to say that a massively popular game franchise does not have a social and political effect on how people view firearms. That’s a massive leap from “gamer kids don’t get into fights at recess more than non-gamers.”

    • BlitzKrieg2552@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      They just want closure and for something to blame without actually tackling the real problem, gun control, which will never happen because ‘murica. They’d never get anywhere if they tried.

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        They voted all the leadership positions for the Uvalde police back in, so voters collectively approved of their actions.

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    Sorry, wrong target. Sue the cops who didn’t act. Oh, wait. They’re basically untouchable. Well, I guess sue yourselves for having children in America. That’s about the only case you might win.

  • Crismus@lemmy.world
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    I find it sad that some lawyer sold them on this suit, while also settling with the police department for peanuts.

    The police caused all of the extra pain here, and no studies have ever shown a link to violence from video games.