This link will lead you to an article which is not too current, but was released this past December: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/12/robert-de-niro-gun-control-newtown-movie-violence.html
A shooting in Newton has led to a debate of why this kind of things are happening often for a while now. Many questions came up. "Is it our permissive gun laws?" "A failure to identify and treat people with mental illness?" "Are violent movies and video games to blame?"
Recently Robert De Niro has been question about the topic. He believes that movies are not the factors causing such violence, but parents in a way are in charge of what can happen to their children. He comments about Nancy Lanza and her son, "I was just told by somebody that it was a shooting way for them to connect.... And that's interesting, but still, don't take an unbalanced kid to a shooting range. Maybe I'm just being simplistic; I don't really know the details. But take him to see animals and play with animals."
De Niro also makes a comment about gun control. He believes that it is one of the answers to violence. He thinks that it's insane how people in the United States can easily own guns and have one at their homes and that there should be regulations to it.
He is right to the extent that parental control and communication is very important and it can be seen in the action's of their children. It also shouldn't be this easy to own a gun because who knows what can happen if a child sees it at home? All of these factors should be taken under consideration.
I think what your blog is dealing with is one of the most serious problems regarding media and that is its impact on children. I find this article especially interesting, because just recently, I have come across news articles, according to which in the US, parents buy actual guns for their kids as young as 5 years old. Furthermore, there is a lot of irresponsible parents, who do not care what their child accesses in the media and how violent content it is exposed to. Combine the two and you have got the recipe for a disaster. I do agree, that it would be about time to start restricting guns as much as possible and educate children the right way.
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