I recently attended the Mississippi Juvenile Justice Conference where speaker Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman presented a compelling case for why kids kill. Grossman's Book "On Killing" was a Pulitzer prize nominee and details the psychology of teaching soldiers to kill. He is a retired Marine Ranger and former Psychology teacher at West Point. He was involved in the debriefing following the Columbine shooting and many other recent high profile incidents. His arguments are detailed, well connected, and common-sense based. His basic message is that the increase in television violence can be directly correlated with increases in violence among youth. Also, that video games are effective tools in teaching kids to kill! I won't go into his arguments now but rather throw out this teaser with more to come soon. His book "Teaching Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence" will be available in October but can be pre-ordered now. Click here to order the book or obtain more information. There is also a video of his lecture which is fantastic. I will get more information on how to get it as soon as I can. If you can't wait until I post more, leave me a message on the discussion forum and I'll give you more there.