While we should shy from studying anything, someone should first explain how the modern, massive expansion of video games in realism and reach doesn't correlate

While we should shy from studying anything, someone should first explain how the modern, massive expansion of video games in realism and reach doesn't correlate with overall increases in violent crimes. Both violent crime and homicide rates in the US have been in decline since the early 1990's. If correlation isn't causation, anti-correlation should have a much higher bar for causation.