Speaker Kevin McCarthy R-CA (23rd District) claims that “Video games that dehumanize individuals” are the cause of gun violence. It’s a popular and time-worn trope in Republican circles, but is McCarthy maybe correct?
Oh hell no. Yet another wacky and utterly unsubstantiable conspiracy theory hiding and substituting for the real truth: violent gun deaths in the US are caused by lax gun laws and the overwhelming accessibility to weapons of personal destruction.
Republicans from the top on down need to get real and collaborate to solve this deadly epidemic right now.