Study: Kids who watch movies with guns likely to use guns

guns.com ^ | Sep. 27, 2017 | Andrew Shepperson

[PROCON]

I'm grew-up in the '60's and watched all the shoot-em-up Westerns , war movies, even those "violent" cartoons, haven't turned into a serial killer.....Yet.

Another worthless, agenda-driven "study" that only proves that there are too many studies.

[PROCON]

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[BipolarBob]

We’re keeping an eye on you, mister. Of course, I watch the Outdoor Channel and Hickok 45 on YouTube myself.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m from the same era as you are. Do you know how many toy guns I had? My father had a gun belt, holster (with my initials on it) and chaps made in Okinawa during one of his many tours there.

[faithhopecharity]

ha!
Firearms skills, including some competitive sports like target shooting and skeet.... used to be standard at many schools. Sometimes, depending on location of course, they’d even have a hunting club. This enabled young people to learn about firearms, self-family-community defense, and safety.

I think this useful skills training, along with some other useful skills training classes that got dumped out of most high schools like driving training (have you seen how dangerous some so-called adults are on the roads today?), home ec, and shop classes. The kids who graduate HS today (excepting for perhaps the top 10 percent, and them only academics) have zero useful skills or learning

[backwoods-engineer]

Kids that use guns in USPSA and IDPA matches are more likely to beat the pants off 50-year-old shooters in such games, because of their young eyes and reflexes. I can attest, as the 50-year-old who got beat by an 11-year old. Girl. And I wasn't the only older person who lost to that sweet girl that day.

Nothing wrong with kids using guns, if used responsibly. I got my first rifle at age 7. My kids started shooting at age 5, and both have concealed carry license today (they're now in their early/mid 20's) and shoot responsibly.

[LottieDah]

I watched the same thing you did and I have not turned into a serial killer either. They wasted their time on this useless drivel.

[captain_dave]

Kids who watch movies about (.........) likely to use (............)
Fill in the blanks:
Drugs
Violence
Murder

Yes, movies can influence behavior.

[heterosupremacist]

Agree 100% The 'experts' concluded (non sequitur), and with no scientific/critical thinking; what they had been hired to produce. Study Studies 101

[Nicojones]

This article is very educational. I’ll now make sure to load my nephews up with westerns and other action flicks so they can really become comfortable with firearms. Wouldn’t want them to grow up to become SJW pussies.

[x1stcav]

Too many experts getting government grants to do studies that support whatever the government wants.

[Mears]

I grew up in the 30s and 40s-——————war movie guns and western movie guns and cop guns.

All we did was “shoot” each other.

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[umgud]

What were they aiming at?

[SkyDancer]

And somehow great granddad and grandad survived all those Loony Tune cartoons when they were kids. And didn’t wear bike helmets either.

[SandRat]

mOST OF NOT ALL OF USS BABYBOOMER FREEPERS GREW UP WATCHING WILDWESTERNS AND OR WAR FLICS. I KNOW THAT I DID.

[PROCON]

Yup, all part of the deep, deep government swamp.

I wonder how much will be drained in 4 years?

[Dr. Sivana]

Kids who watch movies with guns likely to use guns

I don't let my kids watch movies with guns; I'd want them to get popcorn butter on their firearms.

[Ms Mable]

I’ll tell you what is screwing up young kids....especially inner city kids. Violent RAP videos/music!

[PROCON]

Agreed, the music encourages violence.

[beergarden]

And? Watched Rambo, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, Bruce Willis movies and yet I still have to turn into a Democrat gun killer.

I still remember an ex GF asking me why I have a CD of Cannibal Corpse. My response was “honey, there’a a song called HAMMER SMASHED FACE. Does this mean I’m going around smashing people’s faces with a hammer?”