I really hope you don't all think any mainstream shooter is at all analogous to combat and weapons training. The only skills you could possibly learn (besides recognition of different types of firearms, and even that's suspect if you're playing something like Fortnite [or any other "free" shooter that can't afford to license real guns] instead of something made with help from the American military) are very basic tactics and awareness, which you could learn just as well from Splatoon or an MMO.
The vast majority of kids who play shooter games don't actually have guns in their house. This one did, and I think that's the much more important distinction to be made here.
I really hope you don't all think any mainstream shooter is at all analogous to combat and weapons training. The only skills you could possibly learn (besides recognition of different types of firearms, and even that's suspect if you're playing something like Fortnite [or any other "free" shooter that can't afford to license real guns] instead of something made with help from the American military) are very basic tactics and awareness, which you could learn just as well from Splatoon or an MMO.
The vast majority of kids who play shooter games don't actually have guns in their house. This one did, and I think that's the much more important distinction to be made here.