The first bill brought to Congress in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting isn’t on on gun control, it’s about video games.
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I feel very uncomfortable with the comments regarding the blog on the Washington Post website. In particular, the line “The Washing Post offers a very good look at the facts, that there is little or no correlation between video games and gun murders.” is very misleading. The article looks at only a single set of data and attempts to draw broad sociological and psychological truth from that one data point. It does not, for example, have any explanation for pirated or free games played (Brazil has double the gun-murders per capita than the USA but games are often pirated there), the ratio of violent to non-violent game sales per country, or even the rate of game sales per year to the rate of murders per year. In short, the blog post is not good science and should not be considered a qualified source.
There have been many scientific, peer-reviewed studies on aggression, violent behavior, children and interactive media over the past twenty years. Many of the studies conflict, and no consensus has been reached, but it is safe to say that the information is out there for those that want to learn more.