No McGrath, I can't agree with your sentiments regardless of how much I'd like to believe the Supreme Court will take care of the violence.

The culture of violence in the US is more intense, and has permeated more of the society in the US than anything I've seen in my life time, or in other countries I've travelled to in Europe and Central America (even at the height of the contra wars, etc).

The levels of murder, domestic violence, violent assaults, etc have gone through the roof in the US, as have the populations of shelters (for the homeless, for victims of domestic violence, for foster children and orphans) and prisons, as some have mentioned here.

The middle class and the mainstream media sort of collude in their denial of all this, because a lot of people are making money from this ever-increasing level of violent entertainment. And the number of parents who either buy the stuff or turn their head while their kids find it elsewhere, are paying to consume increasingly violent media that exploits our kids, and comforts those who are as addicted to violent media as they are their porn.

A lot of violent video games are developed in conjunction with the US military. Military celebrations/memorials/heroicizing work to cover up the torture (no tribunals to compete with the celebrations and memorial days), and the gutting of veterans and military benefits, the poverty the military grunts and their families live in, etc. etc. etc.

Our Supreme Court can't fix that.