Do Video Games Cause Violence In Teens?
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Do Video Games Cause Violence In Teens?

Is this an issue or are people overreacting?

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Do Video Games Cause Violence In Teens?
Pawel Kadysz

Have you ever wondered what causes violence among teenagers? Many people may say that video games are the one to blame. Although, according to www.videogames.procon.org, "video games and violent crimes offenses have decreased in 1996 to 2005 by 170 million down to 15 million." I would have to disagree because of three reasons. Generally video games are not real life, gamers were raised with proper morals, and as well most video games are impractical to everyday life.

The first reason why I think video games do not cause teenagers to be violent is videogames generally are not based on real-life scenarios. For example, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is a shooter game, which is about war but "the game takes place in a world that is facing upheaval from climate change and new technologies in the year 2065." This does not mean that since this game is about war that people are going to treat it as real life because it is unrealistic.

The second reason why I think video games do not cause teenagers to be violent is that most gamers have proper morals that they were raised with. According to my boyfriend Ashton, who is an avid video gamer, says that, "gamers usually know that they cannot go out somewhere in public and do whatever they feel compelled to do, such as doing what the game influences. That person isn't going to go and kill someone (the enemy) because the video game is telling them to do it."

The third reason why I think video games do not cause teenagers to be violent is because video games are impractical to everyday life. Ashton mentioned that "the average person will not want to go out in public and steal an army tank or jet airplane or blow someone/something up just because their favorite video game does it." He also adds, "How many people own an actual functional sword? Most gamers do not know how to fight or properly operate these types of weapons or equipment, which makes them inexperienced in the real world.

In conclusion, how many video games can you count that are based on real life scenarios? You were probably raised on proper morals that your family taught you, so why shouldn't gamers be brought up with them too? Which means that most video games are impractical to everyday life to be able to do anything in real life.

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