There's been another shooting, loosely related to video games (some kid shot his parents and was apparently addicted to Halo, blah blah blah) and although I've realised there was a pattern, I never really documented it, so I thought I'd elaborate:

1 - Youth uses gun to kill/shoot loved one.

2 - Media discovers said youth listens to metal/plays video games/smokes pot/collects stamps and plasters this all over their respective press outlets.

3 - Idiots blame metal/video games/pot/stamps.

4 - Sensible people point out the millions of other people who listen to metal/play video games/smoke pot/collect stamps and haven't killed anyone, and suggest perhaps guns plays a more vital role in the shooting of people than the aforementioned factors.

5 - NRA and other pro-gun people interpret this as guns caused the shooting and go ape-shit.

The fact is, the fact he had a gun wasn't the main factor. Neither was playing video games or listening to metal or rap or whatever. The main factor is usually that the kid is a bit psycho. However, here's the difference: if you made a list of all the factors that led to this kid shooting his parents, including all the little ones, and ordered them by the magnitude that led to the shooting, the fact he had access to a gun is probably higher on the list than the fact he played Halo, and so it is idiotic to blame things like the kind of music they listen to or the games they play over their access to a murder weapon. I'm not saying guns are to blame, so you pro-gun guys can stop hovering over that quote button, quivering with anticipation to start a quote war, but calling for a ban on violent video games or certain kinds of music whilst keeping schtum on gun control issues is insane.