I get what they want to do, but comparing revenue 2019 to violent crimes 2017 doesn't do anything...
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Reggie Fils-Aime comments on "the ill-informed" who are blaming gun violence on video games
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I agree that you can be affiliated with a party, and not agree with them on everything. But these days I don't know a single Republican that isn't spouting the same regurgitated far right bullshit. And Fox News is leading the way, hand in hand with the POTUS.
I don't understand why this is even a discussion. If you arm the public with weapons that can kill people at the drop of a hat of course it's going to lead to many deaths over the course of a year. It's not rocket science.
They know. But this is what happens when the NRA and gun lobbyists get in the pockets of politicians who can be swayed to prevent any actionable change in American gun ownership laws, and you have a deeply engrained culture that will defend this shit.
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After years of being the great Nintendo PR wall, I would be interested in a candid interview with Reggie now that he's out of there.
Besides those direct cultural barriers, I also think there's a significant indirect one in that you've got a powerful movement to treat several legal documents as immutable, nigh-sacred texts, even the one that has received several famous additions.
Like, the same bill of rights that shuts down attempts at hate speech laws also forms the justification for gun culture. I don't think that connection is lost on originalists.
Gun laws have nothing to do with being a republican? do you pay much attention to USA politics?
now, i dont mean to belittle the seriousness of gun crime and the pain the families of those affected must be goign through, it is truly terrible. and Reggie is right, as has been echoed throughout the gaming community: video games are all over the world and its only America that seemingly has this problem.
But how the hell are politicians willing to point the finger at video games and somehow find a relationship between gun crime/shootouts and video games, but somehow feel gambling addiction and current gamign strategies (loot boxes etc) has no correlation?
But how the hell are politicians willing to point the finger at video games and somehow find a relationship between gun crime/shootouts and video games, but somehow feel gambling addiction and current gamign strategies (loot boxes etc) has no correlation?
It's actually a statistic that only tells a small part of the story. The vast majority of gun deaths in Italy are perpetrated by criminal organizations, Camorra and 'Ndrangheta on top. Naples is the homicide's capital of Italy and that is because of the Camorra's war for territory.
In reality, violent deaths in Italy have a lower average than EU which is 1.0 deaths per 100.000 inhabitants while Italy's is about 0.7 per 100k people, much lower than UK's to name one. For reference, Naples' at 1.0 homicides per 100k, which would be equal to UK's.
Countries ranked by homicides every 100.000 people:
Generally speaking, american politics (particular republican politics) aren't about any kind of logic/reason, they're about emotion and what sounds like it could be reasonable to someone who already wants to justify their existing stance. There is no interest whatsoever in facts/logic/reasoning/truth -- at all. You just have to accept that and let it go
I will never understand how a contry allows civillians to purchase assault rifles or a SMG's, it makes no sense at all. Here in Spain the only weapons you can buy are the ones designed for sports (olympic shooting) or hunting and the procedure needed to have one is incredibly complicated.
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Beautiful story, I didn't watch the game awards was not aware of this.
Good on the Canadian Government, and good on Reggie for speaking up in this case regarding the shooting.
Good on the Canadian Government, and good on Reggie for speaking up in this case regarding the shooting.
Dude I suffer from depression and anxiety. I play the "violent games" the only time I ever feel homicidal rage is toward animal abusers but would I go out there and act out any violent actions the chance is 0
I am the same. And the only time *I* feel any kind of homicidal rage is when I think about the people who abused me when I was younger, causing me to be the way I am.
I would never randomly go out and seek to harm people. Especially because I know what its like. Just doesn't make sense to me that people think someone like me would. You know?
If he still would work for Nintendo he he would not twittered this.
It was clear from the beginning that Reggie has more than three brain cells, so it's very unlikely for him being a republican.
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Portugal as well, for you to own a weapon you need soo much stuff and pay soo much money that is really not worth it unless you really love the sport or hunting.
Reggie is still kicking ass and taking names.
I like his facts are facts outlier but I would also like to see a breakdown of games sold in each country that have gun violence in them.
I like his facts are facts outlier but I would also like to see a breakdown of games sold in each country that have gun violence in them.
That stat needs to be repeated over and over and over.
Guns, guns kill people.
More guns, less regulation on who owns them, more deaths. Not rocket science.
That's literally a screenshot with a written quote on a randos Twitter. I can't find any other source of that jackass saying a quote that fucking dumb.
This is likely fake. The truth is enough for us to be angry. Is there a better source for this quote?
It's measuring how much people spend on video-games in specific countries and directly compares it to the amount of violent gun deaths in each one of them. If video games are equally - or even more - popular in other countries, how come they have an staggeringly lower number of violent gun deaths?
The US needs to change their laws so only hand guns are legal. There is no reason for people to own anything more powerful to protect themselves. They love blaming games, films etc but if they did not have access to assault rifles and semi automatics these type of incidents will cause less deaths.
The Regginator setting records straight. You just can't hate the man. <3
Except for pro gun, butthurt, truth and fact deniers fragile bitchass dummies ofc.
As a non-US citizen, I still find it totally alien to me considering carrying even a pistol to 'protect' myself. To protect yourself from what particular threat etc?
This isn't a pop at you however; just creating a topic of discussion.
Yeah if it's fake it shouldn't be getting spread, it just makes it look like anti-gun people are untrustworthy and fabricating things in order to push their argument.
I'm not American. I don't understand it either but think its more likely to pass a law reducing to a handgun than making all guns illegal (although I think there is no change of anything happening). I think if it was limited to hand guns you should only be able to keep it in your house to protect from intruders and should never be allowed to take it out in public.
