Zone1 On the nature of influence

[Stryder50]

It has been argued that a violent society has been heavily influenced by factors such as violent viseo games or rap lyrics,
these have led to an upswing in mass shootings and other violent acts.
Is that the case ?
We have these things in Europe as well but we also have noticably less gun violence.
Are people influenced by their culture in this respect ?

More than 40,000 people killed in gun violence so far in 2023

Gun violence in the U.S. has taken an average of roughly 118 lives each day in 2023, according to data from Gun Violence Archive.

abcnews.go.com

I'm more concerned with the 100,000+ annual deaths via fentanyl coming from CCP China and through accomplice Mexico.
This is a more pressing threat and danger IMO.