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Gun Control Reform Activism

Robb

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4. Interesting bit in Psychology Today on first-person shooting games.

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 08:56 AM

Mar 2013

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/get-psyched/201301/video-game-guns-and-realistic-guns

The nutshell is that while their research didn't point to a violent video game making anyone more (or less) likely to go out and shoot people, if they did come to a decision to do so, the games that rewarded marksmanship in a more violent fashion turned out better shooters -- e.g. they "trained" more efficiently and improved real-world shooting accuracy better with the violent shooting game than the one that looked like cartoon target practice.

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Guns are not toys and shooting is not a game [View all] CreekDog Mar 2013 OP

I agree with you. The romance of the gunslinger is over. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #1

+10000. Changing perception of guns in our society is very important. Hoyt Mar 2013 #2

FWIW Remmah2 Mar 2013 #6

Agee, we need to do something about violence in entertainment. Hoyt Mar 2013 #7

Agree also. But how do we best deal with the video gaming aspect? Shooting IS a game to this jmg257 Mar 2013 #3

I played my share of first person shooters in high school and college. DanTex Mar 2013 #5

Interesting bit in Psychology Today on first-person shooting games. Robb Mar 2013 #4

think about the toys you give kids BainsBane Mar 2013 #8

a lot of the modern day gun culture, among the younger set seems like this CreekDog Mar 2013 #9