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Obama Calls Out Video Games in Gun Violence Address
President Barack Obama suggested more research needed to be done on the affect of video games and other "violent media" on children during his Wednesday morning address detailing his plan for lowering gun violence in the United States.
"Congress will fund research into the effects that violent video games have on young minds," he said. "We dont benefit from ignorance. We dont benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence."
Obama's 23-part plan gave more details on how this research might be conducted: The Centers of Disease Control and other scientific organizations would receive funding to conduct investigations into "the causes of gun violence." Funding for…
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