Video games lead to teenage violence? Since when!?

Lately I’ve come across many articles on the internet that suggests that video games are the leading cause of teenage violence in the modern world. I believe that these claims are unsubstantiated. Well, first before I explain my point of view on teenage violence I suppose we could look at why critics and parents of victims from teenage violence would tend to believe that video games are the cause. The first and most notable example and the one that has spread the most fear was the sensationalized shooting massacre of columbine. Sensationalized in such a way that once the media took hold of it they tried to say that due to the fact that the shooter’s, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold who were both claimed to have enjoyed the bloody bath of the game Doom, that they enacted their video game fantasy on their peers. Of course there were other theories about why they did it, but that was the easiest explanation and the one that sold the fastest. That year sales in video game merchandise and other products related to video game products saw a decline. The issue here was the fact that people were afraid of other events like this would happen again. People began to believe the media. I mean come on people! The media tends to take events and mould them so that the story is worth selling. Everyone is so keen on putting blame somewhere else that they fail to blame themselves. I believe that video games are not the cause of teenage violence! Why? Well it’s simple really and I’m sure you’ll all agree that youth are either given too much freedom (to do as they please) or not given enough freedom (pregnancies, crime rates rampant when given the freedom). This all of course ties into the care and love the parents give to their children. More often than not, and I’ve seen it first hand, those children that are neglected or smothered are, I believe anyway, at higher risk of performing immoral acts or crime.