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Families of Uvalde victims sue Activision, say Call of Duty is 'the most prolific and effective marketer of assault weapons in the United States' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Every time I think we've moved passed this as an argument, it pops back up. They'll blame anything but those they should be holding accountable.

[–] MarjorineFailureGroan@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It seems like they're saying that it markets guns, not the typical argument that it makes kids violent. This argument seems less crazy to me.

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 5 points 3 months ago

It's still not a convincing one though. If it wasn't this weapon used, it would have been another, regardless of where the perp first saw it. I'm not a fan of Activision, but this isn't on them.

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

So I'm not a fan of guns but, "marketing guns" is not per se illegal nor unique to video games. Yet the lawsuit separates out video games specifically. So I am not sure I agree that it's less crazy at the end of the day.