Video game execs to visit WH, argue product is not to blame for gun violence
By Harper Neidig - 03/05/18 05:00 PM EST
Video game executives will argue during a White House visit Thursday that their products are not to blame for school shootings or gun violence in the U.S., a trade association representing the industry told The Hill.
The Entertainment Software Association on Monday told The Hill it plans to make the case that violent video games should not be singled out for mass shootings and gun violence in the country when they meet with the Trump administration.
"Like all Americans, we are deeply concerned about the level of gun violence in the United States," said ESA spokesman Dan Hewitt in a statement. "Video games are plainly not the issue: entertainment is distributed and consumed globally, but the US has an exponentially higher level of gun violence than any other nation."
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