US President condemns \u201cgruesome\u201d video games following US mass shootings \u2013 Hillary Clinton responds geralt, PixabayThe US President has claimed that the United States of America must stop the \u201cglorification\u201d of violence in the video game industry, following a shooting in El Paso, Texas that saw 21 people killed. The businessman turned politician suggested that the violence in video games is a problem that must be reduced in the future, during a speech on August 5. These suggestions come just days after a 21 year-old white male was arrested at the scene of an attack in El Paso, near the US-Mexico border, where the gunman opened fire on a number of civilians in Walmart on August 3. There was also another attack a day later in Dayton, Ohio where nine people were shot dead in the Oregon District. Fortnite Battle Royale is just one of many games that have faced scrutiny since the shootings in El Paso and Dayton. \u201cWe must stop the glorification of violence in our society,\u201d the President said in his speech. \u201cThis includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace.\u201d He added: \u201cIt is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves in a culture that celebrates violence. We should stop or substantially reduce this and it has to begin immediately.\u201d Now facing a potential death penalty, the attacker has been charged with capital murder and claims their actions were a response to the \u201cthe Hispanic invasion of Texas\u201d \u2013 according to quotes from the BBC. The President is not the only one to have turned their focus towards issues of video game violence since the news unfolded, though, with former FBI agent Maureen O\u2019Connell claiming that perhaps popular games such as Fortnite Battle Royale could be part of the problem during an appearance on FOX News. Fortnite Battle Royale was brought into the debate by O\u2019Connell on Fox News. She said: \u201cIf I were a betting man, I\u2019d say that he probably logs six to eight hours a day playing one of those, you know, Fortnite or one of those video game where you\u2019re doing nothing but dehumanising people by blowing their heads off one after another, after another.\u201d However, in response to these claims, esports consultant Rod Breslau took to Twitter to respond. \u201cFox News, others in the media, and politicians are already blaming specifically video games and FPS games including Fortnite of all things for yet another awful multiple mass shootings here in America,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cVideo game guns don\u2019t kill people, real guns do.\u201d Fox News, others in the media, and politicians are already blaming specifically video games and FPS games including FORTNITE of all things for yet another awful multiple mass shootings here in America, in Dayton and El Paso video game guns don\u2019t kill people, real guns do pic.twitter.com\/Y5sq0nPH23 \u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) August 4, 2019 This sentiment was also echoed by the 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who refused to accept The President\u2019ss comments following the shootings and instead appeared to identify guns as the problem. \u201cPeople suffer from mental illness in every other country on earth; people play video games in virtually every other country on earth,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cThe difference is the guns.\u201d People suffer from mental illness in every other country on earth; people play video games in virtually every other country on earth. The difference is the guns. \u2014 Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) Call of Duty. \u201cI see a video game industry that teaches young people to kill,\u201d he said, before suggesting that the country also turns a blind eye to violence on social media as well. House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy also echoed those thoughts on Fox, describing shooting games as \u201cdehumanising\u201d people as well. Contrary to the alleged connection between violence and video games from politicians and commentators, though, a study published by the Oxford Internet Institute in February 2019 found that there was not a relationship between the two. It states that researchers found \u201cno relationship between aggressive behaviour in teenagers and the amount of time spent playing violent video games,\u201d and this isn\u2019t the only study to have came to the same conclusion. The President made it very clear that work to stop or substantially reduce potential problems related to video game violence will begin immediately, but what that will look like in real terms remains to be seen. Article last updated on August 5, 2019 at 13:47 (EST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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