Over the past decade, school shootings have obviously exponentially increased! I count at least 62 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. Although some have received more news coverage, some have led to lawsuits that pose a novel question for the courts: Can the producers and distributors of violence-laden media, such as video games and Internet transmissions, be held liable for the shootings?

In one case that has now made it through the court system the plaintiffs sued Meow Media, Inc., and other companies (the defendants), alleging that the defendants should be held liable for the shootings. The plaintiffs contended that the defendants' productsincluding videos, video games, and Internet transmissions - "desensitized" students to violence. Indifference to violence, in turn, "caused" the shootings. What are your thoughts on this type of liability?