It’s one of those things that people like the blow out of a proportion because humans in general do not like to take responsibility for their actions. So instead of blaming it on themselves and instead of the parents blaming it on their kids, “it’s the gory movies!”. I agree with @Jayne: only someone who is mentally ill or too young would carry violent movies and video games into real life. It’s my belief that children that young should be watching violent movies or playing violent video games. To most other people, however, they’re just movies and games. A person that age knows the difference between fantasy and reality. A person with a normal mental state will continuously set them apart as fantasy and reality.
Now, not every claim about violent movies and video games is that they will make your kid a murderer. There is another claim that they will desensitize a person. That certainly could happen. Repeatedly viewing violence on screen could make a person less sensitive to it where it just seems like an every day thing, but hey, you can watch the news and get the same effect. This doesn’t make anyone who is desensitized it decide that murdering is okay; that requires a certain loss of a different part of the mind—the conscience. Watching movies doesn’t make you a psychopath.
@SpatzieLover I still think your son is a “reincarnation” of me or something because I was exactly like that when I was little. I would leave the room when a “mean” scene came on. My brother would leave the room when fire came on; he was terrified of fire. Not anymore though. I’m not a big violence person (and I really don’t like gore), though I did watch “Taken” again the other day—it’s good.