Montgom. County police buy Grand Theft Auto 3 to see if it influenced the sniper

Damn, couldn't they have asked them if they had played the game or gone to their house or apartment to see if it was there? The sniper strikes me as a little too old to be part of the video game generation. Here's a crazy thought, didn't this guy learn to shoot in the military? Hmm, now the missing ingredient is the part where he decides to hold Maryland hostage and demand 10 million dollars to stop. I havn't played GTA 3 in a while, but that was never part of the game. That makes me think that maybe, just maybe, he's entirely responsible for these murders himself.

 

They should investigate this, but honestly, keep the investigation and results confidential. It's common sense that this is going to make them look like idiots.

 

I just beat the hell out of the Lakers last night in NBA2K3. I AM GOD!!!!!

 

another case of blaming an object for the actions of the individual.

 

Yeah, but if there is some validity to the connection, I wished they would have bought "Frogger" instead.

*SQUISH*

 

They were also talking about its relation to Counterstrike, and how you can use a sniper rifle in that game.

Personally, I think they are drawing at some VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY thin straws.

 

This makes me sick.

They blame us for everything....it is all the fault of video games....

What a fricken joke...how do you explain Hitler, or Stalin, or Jack the Ripper?

What video games were they playing that caused them to go insane and kill people?

**** happens......

Maybe the police wanted to get a copy at the companies expense.

DaDakota

 

Mongomery County should buy the American media...that's who influences psychos like these the most.

 

They stole my idea from last month! Those bastards!

 

PS.

It is NOT easy to shoot with the sniper rifle in GTA3 at least not on a PS2, it is easy with a PC and mouse....



DaDakota

 

Yeah, that's what me and my friends say when playing Madden.

"I am God."

What a complete idiot.....I feel sorry for him. Maybe if I watch the VeggieTales movie tonight I will supress the evil that the Playstation has planted in me.

 

How about Halo? There's a sniper rifle in that game.

 

Oh here we go kids...hang onto your controller pads. GTA3 has sold MILLIONS of copies...two jackasses go on a killing spree and now it HAS to be the fault of this game. Forget about the millions who have played this game for what it is and now live productive lives. Nope the game is to blame, the game is evil...the game must be banned. That's where this is leading. It's disturbing.

If this kind of thinking were around in the mid 80s, Frogger would have been to blame when a kid got hit by a car and Pac-Man would be to blame for overeating.

 

I have a friend that whenever he's on a killing spree...he starts saying things like "i am God"...so maybe he's the next sniper???

what a f***ing joke.

 

Did ya'll read the same article I just read -- the one that started this thread? If so, where do you see them blaming video games? I do see where is says:

The police have arrested two guys for multiple murders and they have to build a case to prosecute them. One element of the investigation that case requires is finding a motive for starting the spree in the first place. So, they are pursuing the video game angle to flesh out the possibility of that motive. I don't see anything wrong or stupid about it.

Blaming video games is the last thing the cops want to do anyway. Putting blame on video games shifts some blame off the perpetrators, which they obviously do not want to do. More likely, they are looking simply for the inspiration, not the agent, in these crimes.

As far as seeing if they actually had these games to be exposed to, as Oski's suggested, I would suspect they already have found that connection which led them to explore the content of the games the two may have played. Btw, Muhammad may not be in the right generation for games like GTA, but Malvo is.

 

It is using games as a scapegoat in deriving a motive. As soon as they say "these guys were playing GTA3," go ahead and assume that your copy of the game will become a collector's edition - because they'll get it banned ASAP. They do these things all the time. In Peducah, KY it was Doom...now it's GTA3. It's a scapegoat.

 

I think you are jumping to conclusions. Will there be people saying GTA caused these murders and even that it should be banned. Yes, of course; they started that when the games first came out. Are the Montgomery County police detectives trying to make GTA into a scapegoat and get it banned? No, don't be paranoid. They have no interest in the game; they have an interest in a conviction.

Btw, I don't know what incident you're referring to in the banning of Doom in Boondocks, KY, but I don't think there is any imminent danger -- besides bad press (which is always good for business) -- to the Grand Theft Auto series.

 

In 1998 a high school student in Pedukah, KY went to school and shot several of his classmates. During the media frenzy it became noted that the shooter had spent a significant amount of time playing Doom. After that...people and some lawmakers (including Sen. Joe Lieberman) started calling for the banning of it and any games of its type.

 

i'm not for the banning of the game...but the case for banning it was really kinda chilling...that kid picked off students one shot at a time...head shots...not the insane kind of unloading the cartridge...perfect head shots killing each student...the military had the creators of doom create a game to train with...again, i'm not for banning the game, but i certainly get the point.