Posts tagged school-shooting

Germany's Killer Game drive killed by lack of interest

by Griffin McElroy (Oct 19th 2009 5:00PM)

A German advocacy group called Aktionsbündnis Amoklauf Winnenden, which is mostly composed of parents and friends of victims of the tragic Winnenden school shooting from earlier this year, recently attempted to host an event where owners of violent video games would dispose of their aggressive ...

Bavarian Minister compares violent games to drugs, child pornography

by Griffin McElroy (Apr 4th 2009 4:30PM)

Following last month's tragic shooting rampage in Winnenden, Germany, the target of which was a local secondary school, criticism against violent video games from German politicians has strengthened drastically. The most passionate denunciation thus far recently came from Bavarian Minister of the ...

Chief of Germany's national police union wants to ban violent games

by Xav de Matos (Mar 23rd 2009 3:24PM)

If the head of Germany's Police Union had his way, violent video games would be banned. The comments from Heini Schmitt, head of the Hessen German Police Union (DPolG), were made following a horrific school shooting at a Winnenden, Germany, secondary school. 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer reportedly ...