Previously, we reported that an 18-year-old white man in the United States opened fire with a gun in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding 3. 11 of the 13 victims were black. The murderer landed on twitch platform to broadcast the whole shooting process, and has been arrested by the police.
American media are widely covering the buffalo shooting case, including Fox News. Fox host Jon Scott had a wired dialogue with former ATF agent Bernard zapor on the shooting incident last weekend. "Things seem to be getting worse since video games have become so real and violent. Have you done research or learned that video games make people insensitive to the results of pulling the trigger?" Jon Scott said
Zapor did not accuse violent video games as the culprit of the shooting, but pointed to the popularity of online communication and the significant reduction of face-to-face communication. He said: "we are communicating through a medium, but this has never been what humans really want."
Since the Columbine massacre in 1999, many people have begun to blame video games for shootings and other acts of violence. However, years of research have shown that there is no link between video games and violence. Some studies suggest that video games may increase the aggressiveness of some people, but that's all. Many American politicians also like to blame video games for the shooting, such as former president trump, but they just don't want to find other reasons.