Rep. Wolf: Media Should Be Bigger Part of Violence Conversation

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), a longtime critic of media violence, particularly video games, took to the House floor during general speeches to call on the president to get the media more involved in the solution to gun violence.

His latest interest was sparked by the Sandy Hook school shootings (the Virginia Tech school shooter lived in his district). In arguing against focusing on guns, Rep Wolf said that he had concerns about what he called the "lack of discussion" about mental health issues and "violent media and the role they play in mass shootings." He called it irresponsible to focus only on shooting. He focused mostly on violent video games, but did not stop there. "I am not naive enough to think that video game violence is the only issue here. We need to have an honest discussion about media violence -- TV, movies and video games."