Living in the UK with our (IMHO) wonderful, sane gun control laws, the idea of a shooting seems surreal... and the jump from playing an FPS to the visceral horr

Living in the UK with our (IMHO) wonderful, sane gun control laws, the idea of a shooting seems surreal... and the jump from playing an FPS to the visceral horror of actually stabbing someone seems unlikely to be manageable without substantial help. Whilst a bat or other blunt object of some description is an alternative weapon, the environment around us seems to provide the feeling that the law does a good job of discouraging wanton violence and bringing things as close as possible to homicides committed out of the interaction simple frustration[1] and a little psychopathy (which it may be impossible to stop?) (for reference's sake, 0.07 per 100,000 intentional gun homicides 2011) Similarly, when I see the people out and about that actually seem like they could be dangerous... they don't appear to be particularly interested in video games. It makes me wonder where the connection arose from and whether it's the case that the furore is just that or if it is motivated by any particular group's personal distaste for FPSs. (Caveat: I'm quite aware that I haven't quite covered the implication both ways around, but... tired. stalks away) [1]: I really, really want to avoid writing 'crimes of passion'... but shrug