XPost: alt.society.liberalism, soc.culture.usa, alt.politics.liberalism   
   XPost: rec.games.video   
   From: matttelles@sprynet.com   
      
   =?UTF-8?B?RMOkbmsgNDLDmA==?=  wrote in   
   news:8MWdnWotC8vXI0XNnZ2dnUVZ_hidnZ2d@earthlink.com:   
      
   > The NRA is resisting new gun control legislation, blaming the recent   
   > mass shootings on violent video games.   
      
   Of course they are. After all, the NRA is made up of sane individuals   
   that murder kids.   
      
   >   
   > I personally support the right to keep and bear arms, and I've never   
   > been much of a fan of video games.  That said, it seems to me that   
   > video games -- no matter how violent -- are protected by the First   
   > Amendment.  One need only look back fifty years or so to a time when   
   > rising youth crime was blamed on comic books, followed by rock-n-roll   
   > music, blue jeans, and so on.   
      
   That's one issue.   
      
   >   
   > What I find interesting about the NRA's statement is that it puts   
   > conservatives in the same position as liberals, who would also ban   
   > violent video games if given a chance.  Conservatives want to   
   > protect the Second Amendment, while both conservatives and liberals   
   > want to ban the First Amendment, so guess which one is going to go?   
   >   
      
   I'm unaware of many true liberals that have any interest in banning   
   video games, unless you are referring to the splinter sects that want to   
   ban everything. I suspect they are mostly undercover gun nuts.   
      
   1. Commit a crime with a gun present, be executed.   
   2. Mandatory mental health testing for all those with a gun license.   
   3. Require all stations and other media groups that utilize Federal   
   airwaves to not post the names of those that commit crimes until and   
   unless they are convicted of a crime.   
      
      
   Matt   
      
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