Bang! Bang! Small children running and screaming; terrified of dying. The assassin enters the room heavily armed, with a mad look in his eyes. There is a woman near a closet and a small group of first graders behind her. He begins to walk towards the small room to finish what he started. So the young woman steps in front of the unstable gunman to protect the students from harm. A fatal shot is fired and the young teacher lies dead. That woman was Victoria Soto, a heroine of the Sandy Hook shooting, who risked her life to save her students from that delusional man, Adam Lanza. The terrible accident that occurred on December 14, 2012 caused the innocent death of 26 students and teachers. Lanza had a mental illness, but that's not all to blame. The killer was known to play games and watch violent movies and games (Aliprandini and Finley). This shows that violence in the media can be linked to aggressive behavior and that violent media can influence the minds of some children and adolescents. Studies over the past decade have helped demonstrate that media can sometimes be harmful to children. The result of playing first-person shooter games could end in the death of innocent lives like in Newtown. Young children are exposed to violence every day. In television shows, books, games, cartoons, movies, and the Internet, violence is a part of everyone's life, but especially that of young children. For example, Paramount Pictures recently released Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, a gun-involved twist on a classic fairy tale (McKay). In the movie there are people who blow their heads off with a shotgun. In retrospect, this film is not intended for children aged 13 and under, even if children would like to see a "fairy tale" like this. Young people as young as 10 years old, today also... half of the sheet... shows the Reference Center. Network. December 2, 2013. Driscoll, Sally and Denise B. Geier. “School Violence: An Overview.” Points of view: school violence (2013): 1. Points of view reference centre. Network. December 2, 2013.Gastaldo, Evann. "Jim Carrey sues his own movie." Newser.com: Jim Carrey (2013):Web. June 24, 2013.Newton, Heather. “Music Censorship: An Overview.” Points of view: Music censorship (2013): 1. Points of view reference centre. Network. December 2, 2013.McKay, Hollie. “The Post-Newtown Massacre Is a Hollywood Movie as Violent as Usual” Foxnews.com: Violent Movies (2013): Web. February 12, 2013.Norcia, Andrea. “Parents and Teachers: The Impact of Video Games.” Pamf.org: Violence in the Media (2013): Web. August 31, 2013. Vasilis, Pozios K. and Kambam Praveen R. and Eric H. Bender. “Does media violence lead to reality?” NYTimes.com: Violence in the Media (2013): Web. August 23. 2013.