User blog comment:Tony 1998/GTA V Controversy: Did It Start or Caused the Sandy Hook Elemen. Massacre?/@comment-1317700-20130104071014

Before my rant, I'd like to say that Grand Theft Auto V was never mentioned by the senator in question. He was referring to Grand Theft Auto as a whole.

But: this is not a problem of access to/use of video games, this is a problem of access to/use of firearms, isn't it? It is true that the perpetrator of this tragedy was an avid player of video games; notably Call of Duty and other first-person shooters. Yet this child was ill; Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto did not make him ill, as much as these ignorant Thompsonites want to believe that. Accounts from people who knew him will tell you, there was something inherently wrong with this kid. It certainly wasn't his fault, but then again, it wasn't Dan Houser's, either. I lay blame on one person:

The mother. She was an avid gun enthusiast. There is no problem in that. But that woman should have at least had the responsibility enough to keep her firearms under lock and key, especially if she was the parent of a mentally-ill child. Furthermore, she frequently left him alone in their house for extended periods of time. Certainly this put him under unimaginable levels of stress. Add that to his pre-existing mental conditions and a volatile situation quickly develops. Why was he not being treated for his condition(s)?

Because, his caretaker was clearly an irresponsible parent, not fit to oversee children, ESPECIALLY those who are mentally/ psychologically ill.

Blame for the tragedy at Sandy Hook is to be placed on the flaws of poor parenting, lack of support for the mentally ill, and gun safety. Not GTA and CoD.

Thank you for your time. :P