Politicians, eager to deflect scrutiny, are falling back on one of the oldest bogeymen in the book: Violent video games. Speaking with lawmakers this Thursday, President Trump suggested that violent video games and movies are the real culprit when it comes to school shootings. Of course, Trump isn't the first politician to plant the blame for the Florida shooting at the feet of violent video games in recent days. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, State Representative Robert Nardolillo III (R) has introduced legislation to tax violent video games. Massachusetts had the fewest gun deaths per capita with 3.4 gun deaths per 100,000 citizens in 2016.

Source: Forbes February 22, 2018 19:41 UTC