HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a task force charged with studying any links between violent video games and violent behavior in young people.
The bill, proposed by Republican Sen. Scott Frantz of Greenwich, comes in the wake of the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The killer, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, played violent video games but it’s still not clear what led to the massacre.
The General Assembly’s Children Committee is scheduled to hear testimony Thursday on that bill and several others concerning children with behavior problems. One bill would create a hotline that parents of children exhibiting behavioral health issues could call for support and education.
Another bill would require screenings of every child for social, emotional, behavioral and mental health.
Anyone else have a severe problem with the last sentence? I love when the media decides to bury things that infringe rights.
I’m 33 and have played violent video games since atari was out…I must be a murderous killer then…..
just more ways parents don’t have to parent , thanks republicans
How about we force parents to actually spend time with their kids. I don’t think video games has anything to do with it. I also have played violent video games since Atari and never been in trouble. We watched violent cartoons as well. Instead if letting junior sit in front of the TV playing games spend time with them. Just all in the agenda of the government. To completely take away all our right and make this a communist country. How about we hold the individual accountable for their actions instead of letting there scumbags find scapegoats for everything. It all boils down to the parents and the values the pass onto the children.
Waste of time and money.