In science, you form a hypothesis to explain an event and then test it against the available evidence to see if your logic is sound; if it’s not, the hypothesis fails and you discard it and form another one to attempt to explain what’s happening. The hypothesis being put forward by several politicians, including President Trump, is that video games – in concert with mental health issues – contribute to the recent rise in mass shooting incidents in the United States, specifically with regard to the shootings in Gilroy, California, Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas that collectively claimed 34 lives and left 66 more wounded in the span of less than a week. But even a quick look at the rest of the world disproves this hypothesis so quickly and obviously that it’s hard to believe it was even suggested with sincerity.
Source: IGN.com Every Country Has Video Games, Only One Has A Mass Shooter Problem