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Little Evidence Sandy Hook Shooter Was a Gamer
In direct response to last month’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the following has happened:read more
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Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Calls for More Research on...
Yesterday Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) released "A Comprehensive Plan That Reduces Gun Violence and Respects the 2nd Amendment Rights of Law-Abiding Americans," which details the recommendations of...
View ArticleGlenn Beck Blames Violent Video Games for Newtown Tragedy
Right Wing Watch (a web site that admittedly doesn't like the principals of conservatism or the people who push its agendas in print, online and on broadcast television) points out in this story that...
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Report: Police Looking Into Video Game Habits of Sandy Hook Elementary Shooter
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund points out a new two-part report produced by the Hartford Courant and PBS that reveals how video games continue to be part of the ongoing narrative of the police...
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Conn. Lawmakers to Hold Public Hearing Tuesday on Various Video Game Bills
The Hartford Courant is reporting that lawmakers in Connecticut are set to hold a public hearing on Tuesday related to several proposed bills to deal with video game violence. A public hearing of the...
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Report: Sandy Hook Elementary Shooter Had a 'Mass Shooting Spread Sheet'
A sensational New York Daily News report (dug up by Kotaku) details what a "law enforcement source" (who spoke at length with the paper) calls Adam Lanza's "score sheet," a spreadsheet filled with...
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Connecticut State Police Chides New York Daily News Source for Breaking...
Lieutenant J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police issued a brief statement yesterday in response to a New York Daily News report detailing particulars of the Sandy Hook Elementary school...
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Connecticut State Police Detail Items Taken from Sandy Hook Shooter's Home
Update: Keen-eyed readers may have noticed that two items among all the crap that was hauled out of the Lanza residence were an "NRA certificate for Nancy Lanza" and a copy of the "NRA Guide to the...
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Talks Guns and Games at San Francisco Gathering
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said that the National Rifle Association (NRA) and gun manufacturers are to blame for what she categorized as the "disconnect between the broad public support for gun...
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Comments About College Campus Shooting in Jagex Game Lead to One Man's Arrest
An 18-year-old Oxford man (Thomas Frongillo) has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts. He was released on $50,000 bail after his arraignment...
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Top Connecticut Lawmaker Urges Industry to End Licensing Deals with Gun...
Connecticut Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden) has sent a letter to top executives at the ESA, Activision Blizzard, Take-Two Interactive, and Valve urging them to end the practice of...
View ArticleDr. Keith Ablow Talks Video Game Warning Labels on Fox & Friends
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Poll: How Much Longer Will Video Games Be Blamed For Violent Behavior?
Okay, this is beyond absurd. Why are video games still being blamed for violent behavior?It's not like video games are a new medium; they've been around for decades. It's not like it's a niche...
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'The Slaying of Sandy Hook Elementary' Game Draws National Outrage
An indie game developed by a man from Sydney, Australia is getting national attention this week because of its controversial subject matter: the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that happened...
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Sandy Hook Investigation Report to Be Released Monday
Almost a year after Adam Lanza stormed the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 20 children and six adults before taking his own life, a report on the investigation will be...
View ArticleSuper Podcast Action Committee - Episode 78
On this week's show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about the latest GamePolitics poll, the Xbox One 4 launch, the latest GamePolitics Letters to the Editor, and the controversial game...
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Official Report Does Not Tie Sandy Hook Shooting With Video Games
A report on the investigation of last year’s horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has been released to the public. The purpose of the report is to identify persons other than the shooter...
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Poll: Video Games Officially Had Nothing To Do With the Sandy Hook Shooting....
Earlier this week, the official investigation report for the shooting at Sandy Hook was released to the public and as any rationally-thinking human being could have surmised 11 months ago, video games...
View ArticleHistorian Richard Slotkin on Adam Lanza's Influences
Cultural historian Richard Slotkin talks about Newtown shooter Adam Lanza in a rather lengthy interview with journalist Bill Moyers. The interview touches upon some other topics as well, but a fair bit...
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'School Shooting' Co-Creator Responds to Reports That His Game Inspired Adam...
Kotaku has an interesting (and exclusive) interview with one of the creators of "School Shooting," a crappy top-down shooter game that was highlighted prominently by news media outlets as one of the...
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