The battle for legislation against violent video games is heavy as of late, and many believe such laws are necessary to keep the minds of America’s youth safe from becoming excessively violent. Word of the VA Tech murder’s video game habits are refreshing as it further weakens the foothold of those wishing to pass laws against violent video games.

The official report of the Virginia Tech (Massacre) Review Panel has been released to the public, and, after a lengthy investigation into the killer’s past life, it turns out Cho was hardly a player of video games at all.

While his parents recalled that in high school he played Sonic the Hedgehog and other similar games, the few video games that they did see him play were never war games or had violent themes. In fact, his college roommates never saw him play video games at all.

While a student at Virginia Tech, Cho usually got up early and went to bed early every day. He’d get movies from the library and watch them on his laptop. Cho also enjoyed downloading and listening to music as well.

While our lawmakers try and find ways to keep our communities safe, it seems they are overlooking the real problem when it comes to rampage murders and unnecessarily violent killers: mental health. While I am not a doctor, I can confidently say that it doesn’t matter what you do, watch, or listen to, if you’re mental health isn’t in check, there’s no telling what you’ll do.

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Entry was posted on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 at 1:30 pm under Uncategorized.

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