Families of Uvalde victims sue Activision, say Call of Duty is 'the most prolific and effective marketer of assault weapons in the United States'

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Lawsuit alleges Activision, Meta bear responsibility for Uvalde school shooting
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Every time I think we've moved passed this as an argument, it pops back up. They'll blame anything but those they should be holding accountable.

It seems like they're saying that it markets guns, not the typical argument that it makes kids violent. This argument seems less crazy to me.

It's still not a convincing one though. If it wasn't this weapon used, it would have been another, regardless of where the perp first saw it. I'm not a fan of Activision, but this isn't on them.

So I'm not a fan of guns but, "marketing guns" is not per se illegal nor unique to video games. Yet the lawsuit separates out video games specifically. So I am not sure I agree that it's less crazy at the end of the day.