I believe that violent games, movies and music lyrics have some effect on the increase in deaths by guns. However, I remember my brother playing cowboys and Indians with the neighborhood boys. He had guns that he proudly put in a holster around his waist. It didn't make him a violent person. He loved action films and boxing on TV, but never beat anyone to the point of hospitalization. There were some fights on the playground, but that was it.  It seems today that there's a lack of self-control and discipline in people who can't deal with anger issues without a physical confrontation. Perhaps it makes them feel more powerful if they can overpower another person. I believe that a decade of wars has brought a violent mentality to those who are prone to it after seeing us killing "terrorists" in their lands. It makes no sense because these people did nothing to attack us, but we invaded them. Who can forget the night when prime time TV brought us the invasion of Iraq as we bombed Baghdad? Politicians have instilled a lot of anger in us.  Criminals are another issue because they have absolutely no conscience or respect for others. Whether they beat a person to death or shoot them, it's from an evil nature inside of them. The thugs who beat, raped and killed the woman in India had no reason to do so except that it brought them a sense of pleasure for the moment. 
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