Dan Bull - Can we stop blaming games for gun violence?

There’s been another spree killing
Silly Billy
Fool walking through a school shooting people Willy Nilly
You bet the previous high score by three deaths
Yep, cool story bro, we’re not particularly impressed
You briefly got your face pictured in the media
And won a place upon a list in Wikipedia
But that’s old hat, it’s not what I’m here to talk about today
I came to address the lazy claims of the NRA
If games are to blame for the state of play
Then why has violence been a staple in the USA’s daily diet?
As a gemer I suggest that you should maybe try it
Stay away from the shooting range
Have a lazy lie in
If you are craving violence then you should play online
‘Cause there’s a pile of people waiting to be slain in private
You may just find it more cathartic and relaxing
Than taking out frustrations on a paper target with a strap, look
I’m not insane, I’m hardly bat shit
But if I was it wouldn’t be a game that pop a pistol at the fuzz
It’d be a lack of proper medical suporter
And easy access to weapons used allegedly for sport

When a crazy man get angry and
Invades and lays a place to waste
They will blame the games he may played
But it ain’t the place they should be taking aim, no
It ain’t the place they should be taking aim, no
Don’t blame the games he may have played
‘Cause the debate will rage again and fade away
And the situation stays the same:
Shame

A lot of people spend a lot of time computing
What percentage of them have done a high school shooting
But studies show connections between gaming and aggression
Yes, and there’s a link between gun deaths and gun possession
You can’t pull up a set of stats that you purloined
Then ignore evidence discrediting your hollow point
Every western country plays games
One of them has guns
And one of them has a gun problem
I wonder which one?
It’s my belief that if they were still alive today
The Founding Fathers’ pounding hearts would cry for chance right away
Even if it requires taking your weapon rights away
Aye, but hey! Maybe I should shut my limey face
Unless I’d like to taste the other side of the firing range
But either way, by the way can I just say
If I could take a vacation in the USA
Then I’d just like to say that I was safe
Are you today?

When a crazy man get angry and
Invades and lays a place to waste
They will blame the games he may played
But it ain’t the place they should be taking aim, no
It ain’t the place they should be taking aim, no
Don’t blame the games he may have played
‘Cause the debate will rage again and fade away
And the situation stays the same:
Shame