Violent movies and real-life murders involving guns and young people could be linked, a new study found.

The rising number of violent gun scenes in blockbuster movies over the last two decades closely mirrors a surge in firearm-related murders among Americans aged 15 to 25 over the same period, concluded researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

The analysis, which examined over 25,000 random, five-minute segments from the top 30 movies and TV series every year from 2000 to 2021, looked at how often characters used firearms to injure or kill others, then compared those rates to national data on homicides and suicides among young people. 3

Researchers found the rise in gun violence in movies coincided almost perfectly with the surge in y

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