Ohio State University Study Shows Prolonged Exposure to Violent Video Games Increases Aggression … Newtown, CT Adam Lanza was a Gamer

Before everyone is so quick to blame only guns for the tragic events in Newtown, CT, parents might want to look at the below study and violent video games. 

So you think it is all about the guns when it comes to violence. WRONG! Since the heartbreaking murders of 20 innocent children and 6 school staffers hit the news last Friday, many have been grappling with the question of how this could happen? What could have gone so wrong? How could 20 year old Adam Lanza shoot his mother and then go on a murdering spree at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Many Democrat tragedy opportunists have blamed in all on guns. Sorry, but if we want to be honest about all of this and want to protect our children not only from future Adam Lanza’s, but from themselves, then we have to look at many other factors and issues in this case and many other recent mass murders.

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 It is important to take a look at the following study from Ohio State on violent video games and human, or I should inhuman behavior. The study determined that More Playing Time Violent Video Games Equals More Aggression. Makes sense now doesn’t it. The study basically compares continued violent video game use to the use of cigarettes. The longer and prolonged Gaming and exposed to violent games, the greater the damage.

On each of the three test days, the study saw 70 undergraduate participants exposed to either violent games – including Call of Duty 4 (VIDEO trailer) and Condemned 2 (VIDEO trailer) – or passive titles – including DiRT 2 and Pure – for 20 minutes at a time.

After playing, participants were asked to then read the start of a story, and then at the end come up with 20 possible follow-on actions the protagonist could take, with the players of violent games opting for more aggressive solutions when compared to the passive players.

Then, participants were told that there was another participant in another room, and that they had to compete with them by playing a 25-trial videogame, with the aim of being the first person to respond to visual cues on screen.

The winner would then have the power of sending the other person a ‘noise blast’ through their headphones – such as the sound of nails down a chalkboard or a dentist drill. Players of violent games leaned towards sending their opponent a louder, more prolonged sound, while passive players were kinder to their fellow participant.

It should be noted however that there actually was no other participant, just in case someone got their ear drums blown out.

By the end of the study the research found, “people who played a violent video game for three consecutive days showed increases in aggressive behaviour and hostile expectations each day they played. Meanwhile, those who played non-violent games showed no meaningful changes in aggression or hostile expectations over that period.

Imagine what happens when an already disturbed individual with mental illness who has bonding issues is exposed to such violent videos over a prolonged period of time? Ever wonder how some one could become so desensitized that they would have no empathy in killing 6 and 7 year old children? These games reward you for for shooting your victims multiple times and multiple head shots folks. Hmm, sound familiar?  What every happened to the video games Donkey Kong, Dig-Dug, Breakout and Space Invaders? What the hell happened to our country and culture that such violence like what exists in actual war is now the norm?

Mother of Newtown, CT Shooter Nancy Lanza Feared Son Adam Was “Getting Worse” … Was Burning Himself With a Lighter … “She Was Losing Him”

In the days leading up to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, Nancy Lanza, the mother of mass murderer Adam Lanza feared that Adam was “getting worse” and she was “losing him”.  Nancy Lanza told a friend, that he [Adam] was burning himself with a lighter in his ankles or arms  … “It was like he was trying to feel something.” Nancy Lanza stated that she was having trouble reaching her son and things were getting worse.  That might be the understatement of the year.

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Less than a week before her son would launch his horrifying attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, gun-loving mom Nancy Lanza knew “she was losing him” and that “he was getting worse.”

A drinking buddy of Lanza’s told the Daily News that her son Adam had long been troubled and rarely came up in conversation.

“She just looked down at the glass and said, ‘I don’t know. I’m worried I’m losing him,’” said the bar pal, who asked not to be named, of the ominous conversation at the watering hole My Place in Newtown, Conn.

“She said it was getting worse. She was having trouble reaching him.”

The question remains, how does a parent knowing they have a troubled child who is getting worse not seek help and potentially institutionalize their child? This kid was obviously a danger to himself and as would play out last Friday morning in Newtown, CT, he became a danger to others. Before leaving for the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza shot his mother four times in the face in her bed at their home. Before leaving the home Adam tried to destroy one of his hardrives on his computer showing that he obviously knew what he was doing and was looking to cover it up.  Adam Lonza then went to the Sandy Hook Elementary School where he killed 26 individuals, including 20 children, 6 adults and then committed suicide once he heard police sirens and authorities on the way.

Good grief, a child with bonding issues, severe mental issues who was getting worse, incapable of felling, exposed to guns as a form of bonding, who was only exposed to violent video games and a computer as his social outlet and no one thought this was a bad thing. UNREAL. I do not wanty to hear she did not have the resources to deal with this child because she was a single mom. Did she even try or are we presented with another moocher who had to have govermnet take care of her situation? How did that work out for everyone?

Neighbors and Classmates Say Crazed School Killer Adam Lanza Was Troubled & Shy … Older Brother Ryan Said Adam was Autistic … Deeply Disturbed

As everyone breaks down the mindset of school shooter Adam Lanza, could he have just been pure EVIL?

So what is the personality make up of a 20 year old that would wake up one day, kill his mother and then head off to an elementary school and murder in cold blood 20 children from the ages of 5 to 10 and six adults? It is being reported in the NY Post that Adam Lanza, the individual responsible for the mass murder yesterday in Newtown, CT at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, was a troubled and shy individual. Many people, whether they be neighbors or classmates, noticed that Adam had issues, was socially awkward and was struggling to be social. Adam’s brother, Ryan, who was first inaccurately said to be the shooter, told investigators that his brother was autistic.

Shooter Adam Lanza, 2005 photo

Crazed kid-killer Adam Lanza was a troubled “genius” who was painfully awkward and shy.

“I know he had issues,” said Beth Israel, whose daughter, Alex, went to school with Lanza. “He was a really troubled kid. I think he had learning disabilities.”

Adam’s brother told investigators that the gunman was autistic, sources said. Israel described him to The Post as a sort of autistic savant, saying he was “very smart, but he had issues. He was a real genius.

“He was just a weird kid. He was a very quiet kid, a shy kid, maybe socially awkward,” Israel added.

Adam Lanza used multiple guns during the mass murder in Newtown , CT. Police found guns inside and outside of the school. The guns were registered to his mother, who Adam had killed earlier in the morning before he went on the school shooting rampage. Sadly, I have to ask the question how a child with such mental issues had any access to such guns?

Investigators said three guns were found – a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both pistols, inside the school, and a .223-caliber rifle in the back of a car.

A law enforcement official says that the weapons were registered to Lanza’s mother.

The official says that a fourth weapon was found outside the school and that investigators have been going to shooting ranges and gun stores to see if Lanza had frequented them.

But the question is, who does socially awkward, a learning disability or autistic savant turn into a cold blooded killer capable of such a heinous crime and the unspeakable act of killing young children? Such actions require such a black heart and soul that it is incomprehensible for any of us to understand. So, was he just pure evil without a soul?

UPDATE I: If Adam Lanza was such a “deeply disturbed kid,” had major issues, was “subject to outbursts” and was a  was a “ticking time bomb”... then some one needs to explain to me how he had any access and even knew that his mother was in the possession of registered guns? As stated at The Dana Show, this is not a problem of gun control, its one of mental illness. Lanza, like many other mass shooters  were disturbed young men that no law could deter from their intended destruction. Why were the warning signs ignored?

He was dark and disturbed, a deeply troubled boy from a wealthy family who unnerved his neighbors and classmates.

Mass murderer Adam Lanza, 20, was a ticking time bomb, people who knew him told the Daily News.

“This was a deeply disturbed kid,” a family insider told the Daily News. “He certainly had major issues. He was subject to outbursts from what I recall.”

Lanza, who friends and officials said suffered from Asperger’s syndrome or a personality disorder, had a tortured mind.

UPDATE II: It is now being confirmed that Nancy Lanza, the murdered mother of shooter Adam Lanza, was not affiliated with Sandy Hook Elementary School.  Sorry, but this is not a gun control issue as Adam Lanza did not purchase these guns, they were registered to his mother. However, I will say that this is more of an issue of dealing with mental illness in individuals and those who own guns to keep them away from the criminally insane of those who like to go to elementary schools and shoot children.

15 Year Old Shabnam Ahmadyar Reported Missing Since 3/31/12 in Elk Grove, CA … At Risk Teen With Paranoid Schizophrenia

15 year old  Shabnam Ahmadyar was reported missing on March 31, 2012.  She was last seen walking away from her home on the 4800 block of Chamberlin Circle on Friday afternoon.  Shabnam Ahmadyar is considered an at risk missing teenager as she suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The Elk Grove Police Department has received help in the search for the teen girl from the Sacramento Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers, the U.S. Coast Guard boat crew, Air National Guard helicopters, Cal-EMA and California Rescue Dog Association.

Ahmadyar is described as a 15-year-old Middle Eastern girl, 5’5″, weighing 125 pounds, with black hair in pony tails and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray hooded jacket with matching sweatpants. She has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and functions well below her age level.

The search was being concentrated in the area of Hood-Franklin where she was last spotted Friday night. Also, the family had identified clothing found at Hood Rd and the Sacramento River on a delta boat ramp as Ahmadyar’s. However, on Saturday, investigators discovered images of Shabnam Ahmadyar on store surveillance video in the town of Franklin. She has also alleged to have been spotted in Walnut Grove.

If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Shabnam Ahmadyar, please contact the Elk Grove Police Department Dispatch Center at (916) 691-5246.

What Next for Tot Mom … Casey Anthony to Seek Professional Treatment for Mental Health Issues

YOU MEAN YOU ARE A MENTAL CASE IF YOU GO CLUBBING AND NEVER REPORT YOUR CHILD’S DEATH IF A CHILD DROWNS IN A POOL … WHO KNEW?

Who knew, Casey Anthony has mental health issues. She is going to try and connect her head with her heart. Excuse me, but doesn’t one have to have a heart, let alone a conscience in order to do that? It would now appear that Casey Anthony and her legal team are going to look and try and rehabilitate her image by sending her off to a shrink as the media efforts for the tot mom to make millions has proved more difficult than they expected.

According to TMZ, Anthony now realizes that her behavior when 2-year-old Caylee first disappeared in June 2008 was wrong and that she suffers from mental health issues. She also has told those close to her that she still has not properly coped with the loss of Caylee who was found dead in December 2008 in a wooded area near the Anthony family home.

Isn’t that convenient, only now after the ludicrous verdict from the jury that found Casey Anthony not guilty in the death of Caylee does she realize that her behavior was inappropriate. Previously defense attorney Chesny Maso made reference to Casey getting mental help; however, it had nothing to do with the behavior she displayed following the death of Caylee.

TMZ states that there are 3 reasons why Casey is opting out of media interviews and off to mental rehab. They missed #4 and the most important … NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH HER AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING BLOOD MONEY.

Sorry for the cynical comment; however, this is nothing more than a pathetic attempt by Casey Anthony, Jose Baez, et all to try and some how rehabilitate the most hated woman in America. Is it for Casey’s mental health? Hardly, its being done for individuals bank accounts.  Obviously, getting a lucrative deal for Casey has proved more difficult than first thought as the networks know that the backlash will be terrible and there will be hell to pay who ever decides to pay “blood money” for a Casey interview.

On July 7, defense attorney Cheney Mason hinted to CNN that Anthony would likely need treatment.

“I’m sure it’s going to be very needed and helpful for her. She’s been through a lot…Think of what she’s lost, her child, her family, her freedom…She hadn’t just been in some country club federal prison somewhere. She’s been in isolation for 23 hours a day, seven days a week,” Mason told CNN.

With no interviews and no dinero, its off to mental health rehab. Oh, that will make her more sympathetic and increase her value to be interviewed.