Games “destigmatize” violence, says Conneticut governor  Monday,
21st January 2013 01:37 GMT By Brenna Hillier   Malloy made the
comment during the US Conference of Mayors this weekend, as
reported by CTPost.   The politician made mention of the
December tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in his home
state of Connecticut, saying that “there were games available
that actually allowed people to go into a school in the game and
shoot ‘em up” on the day the massacre occurred.  “Why do we do
that? When we’re willing to destigmatize violence and willing to
bring it home to your living room or your den and put it on a
50-inch screen [and play games that award points for] when you
hit someone with your semiautomatic and more points depending on
how many times you hit someone with your semiautomatic, where is
the social value in that? Is this the kind of thing we want to
be involved in as a nation?”  Malloy’s comments come in the wake
of US vice president Joe Biden’s recommendations to the White
House for the re