Video Games don't kill people. Period.

Mark Chen linked to a fantastic article by an MIT professor who says what I've always believed.

Video games aren't dangerous.

Every time a kid shoots up his school, TV news blames video games. Even though 99.999 percent of video game players don't do that. The most conclusive any studies have gotten is that there is a weak correlation between violent entertainment and actual violence. But it's just as likely that people who grow up in violent, abusive environments and have violent lives prefer violent entertainment.

Given past studies that show violent movies actually result in a decrease in violence, and evidence (Brazil's recent experiment, for one) that access to guns is a much more relevant factor in violent crime, I wish TV news would get it together. But that's a much bigger issue.

Maybe I should put together some visually compelling footage of how destructive guns are, blowing up pumpkins, watermelons, etc. with firearms. But I'm too lazy.