California Senator Dianne Feinstein has linked violent video games to recent shootings and has stated that Congress may have to step in if the industry doesn't change its actions.
She believes that games have "a very negative role for young people, and the industry ought to take note of that." She went on to say, "If Sandy Hook doesn't do it, if the knowledge of these video games this young man played doesn't, then maybe we have to proceed, but that is in the future."
The man responsible for the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year was known to be an avid gamer.
Games have been in the forefront of this kind of discussion before, including a 2011 ruling by the Supreme Court that protected them as free speech and recent comments from other senators.
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