As much as I hate gang violence, I really don't think there is a correlation between games and real world violence.
Take me for example. I've been playing pretty violent video games since I was seven. This included GTA 3, San Andreas, Roadkill, and a few others. But regardless of how over-the-top violent they were, I still held them in the same respect as SpongeBob: Fight For Bikini Bottom. A game just doesn't have any bearing to reality for me. I get great grades and I'm on my way to a steady job.
On the other hand, there was my cousin who upon first playing GTA 3, tried to beat up his brother with a bat. He's been to jail three times and has tried to evade cops before multiple times.
Some people just can't understand the difference.
I do think though as video game graphics and development improve over the next twenty or so years, we really should start enforcing age restriction. GTA 3's graphics for their time still just looked like cheesy ps1 graphics, but I can't imagine the effect when a seven year old gets their hands on GTA V.
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The fairest and most logical response^ That's the attitude I'm looking for.