Should Violent Video Games be Banned? I Believe It Shouldn't be

Should violent video games be banned? This question has been debated for years and years. This is my point of view and if you disagree, feel free to comment below.

Crimes committed by some individuals have brought up the idea to ban violent video games. People have blamed violent video games for deaths and bad influences on their children. I don’t believe violent video games are the causes of these. The biggest influence to children is their parents and the environment they’re living in. Video games can cause depression but there are millions of reasons why someone would either kill themselves or other people.

It is a tragedy whenever a school shooting happens and it is devastating when someone loses their life due to violence, but that doesn’t mean that violent video games should be banned. Instead of blaming video games for violence let’s give credit where credit is due. It is the parents of these children, it is the abuse for which these kids endure, it is the environment for which they grow up in that causes them to commit these acts of violence. School shootings occurred before video games were even created. Children are the really easy to influent. It is the job of parents to make sure that their children are living in a safe environment, and that their children are mature enough to be exposed to the video games images.

Anything can cause a killer to snap, not just violent video games. It is true that some video games cause people to rage but so do sports. Playing sport could cause people to be angry and impulsive. Mark Chapman killed singer john Lennon after reading a book called “Catcher in the Rye”. He claimed that reading the book influenced him to kill John Lennon. Should we ban that too? Regardless of whether or not these video games may put bad images into their heads, the intent to kill is already there and could be triggered by anything from a book to the dog next door. We should not be denied the fun and entertainment of video games because of some fools who sees it as a root of these murders.

There are rare cases of teenagers suiciding because of video games. Even if video games are responsible for these suicides, it doesn’t mean that they won’t die from other things like car crashes or a heart attack. If you ban video games you might as well ban vehicles and other things that could cause someone to die. A lot of people get depressed because of their boyfriend/girlfriend broke up with them and/or cheated on them and that depression leads to suicide. Video games helps depression because it takes your mind off of them. Sports can also help you relieve stress and depression however, sports are more dangerous than video games. If you ban violent video games then you would have to ban boxing. Boxing is more violent than violent video games because boxing is real and video games are virtual.

Tens of millions of people in the world play violent video games but there are not tens of millions of people who are doing the actions in those games. There are some who may do these actions but they are few and idiotic. Their problems and mental issues could just as easily be influenced by violent movies. People say that violent video games are putting bad images into children’s heads but so do books and violent movies and so does the game cowboys and Indians. So should we ban these too? It is the children’s parents job to look after their children properly. Why should everyone have to sacrifice their freedoms because some parents may act irresponsibly? We should not, we deserve our freedoms and we should keep them.
Thanks for reading what I have to say about this topic. Feel free to comment below about your point of view.