State lawmakers are looking into the possibility that there's some sort of link between violent video games and mass shootings. After 22 people were killed at a Walmart in El Paso last August, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick claimed violent video games teach "young people how to kill." A gaming industry representative spoke Wednesday to a Senate committee Patrick formed to study mass violence. Tom Foulkes of the Entertainment Software Association said there's no evidence linking video games and mass shootings. State Senator John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat, called for improved background checks.
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