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Do violent video games play a role in school shootings and mass violence?
Answer -
Yes, violent video games could be one of the cause of shooting and mass violence in schools as violent video games have negative impact on children's mind. They imitate those action and things in real life which they do in violent games. Violent video games can create stress and anxiety among children as its create negative stimulus in childrens mind. Student who play violent games becomes aggressive and truculent and they always create mass violence in school by fighting or arguing with their colleagues.
School children's are not much mature as most of them are adolescent and they are very much influenced by the games which they play. Sometimes they compare games life with real life and start doing same thing as of video game. As per report, many school students keep gun in their bags and carry to school. Many student keep guns to act like an actor and they use during their fight to be pretend as actor. So violent games plays role in shooting and mass violence in schools.