I blame video games entirely for every single act of violence.
After all, before video games nobody killed ANYONE.
Just look at WWII. Hitler was playing FPS' since he could sit in a chair! The result: 60+ million dead.
I mean... just look at the link. Gun homicides are just up, up, and out of control!
http/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Ushomicidesbyweapon.svg
Wait, what?
They aren't out of control. Firearm homicides have halved in the last 10 years, despite the population AND gun ownership growing. But how can that be?
Even the total number of violent crimes is down ~20% in the last 5 years according the the FBI, again, despite the increasing population.
http/www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/violent-crime/violent-crime-offense-figure
Scary stuff!
Why don't we worry about something that actually kills LOTS of people.
The CDC reports that ~44 people die EVERY HOUR in the USA due to smoking, and that excludes 2nd hand smoke. Thats a little under 400,000 deaths a year.
Or heart disease: 597,689
Cancer: 574,743
Hell, Influenza and Pneumonia kill 50,097 a year.
Or maybe look at motor vehicle fatalities, that took over 12,000 lives... in 1920.
Yet here we are, pi$$ing our pants about 11,000 firearm homicides a year.