Why Trump blaming video games for gun crime is wrong, in one chart

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Donald Trump has blamed the weekend’s twin mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio on mental health, the media, and the Internet – and violent video games. Everything except easy access to

According to data collected by Newzoo and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, China is the second biggest country receiving video game industry revenue at $36.5bn compared to America which comes in at first place, at $36.9bn .China’s number in comparison, is just 0.04.Statista created a handy chart to demonstrate that of the top eight recipients of video game money, America has the highest level of violent deaths.

 

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No charts needed, stop trying to validate this nonsense.

Hilary literally wrote the law on violent video games.

Erm, no chart required to understand the absurdity of Trump's observation

Every country on the list has stricter gun laws 🤷🏼‍♂️

As wrong as the people who are blaming him.

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