Boy, 10, Charged as Adult in Death of Woman, 90

[Dont call me Shirley]

71. Quite a few people who go on these killing rampages have been avid users of violent video games.

I'm not saying that many people who play those games are violent killers. I'm saying that with some people, who tend to be unstable, those types of violent video games accentuate their violent feelings and impulsiveness. I was suggesting that these violent games can play a big part in giving people the courage to act out.

I feel so much sorrow for the boy's grandmother, his grandfather, his parents and for him. This was a senseless act. The child should not be tried as an adult. He will need long term psychiatric and psychological care. Criminal laws need to be such that a child can be tried as a child yet mental health care remain a requirement through adulthood.

We must stop this madness of excessive repetitive violence in video games, tv, movies, music and in our culture period. It is doing nothing but creating more violence, one act more appalling than the last.