Trump Pits Video Game Makers Against Harshest Critics In Closed-Door Meeting

President Trump meets with leaders of the steel and aluminum industries at the White House last week. President Trump meets with leaders of the steel and aluminum industries at the White House last week. Since the Columbine school shooting nearly 20 years ago, the conversation after mass shootings has inevitably included media that depict violence -- and the effect on children. While Democrats focus on gun restrictions, conservatives often home in on music and video games -- from Marilyn Manson to Grand Theft Auto -- that are sometimes enigmas to parents. "Unproven and emotionally driven gun control legislation is a common and simplistic response to gun-related tragedies, but such lawmaking usually fails to address the underlying problem," Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a Missouri Republican, wrote in 2013, for example, following the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.