LOS ANGELES — Studies have long shown that gun violence in PG-13 movies has been rising, sometimes exceeding what is shown in popular R-rated films. Now there is research suggesting that some parents think 13 is too young to see intense shooting, even when it appears justified. He added, “These movies often get a PG-13 rating by omitting the consequences, such as blood and suffering, and by making the use of gun violence seem justified. But parents of teenagers say that even scenes of justified violence are more appropriate for teens who are at least 15.”The Motion Picture Association of America, which runs the voluntary domestic film ratings system, declined to comment. The study, arriving during a renewed national gun debate after the massacre in Parkland, Fla., sought to understand, in part, whether justified gun violence in PG-13 movies was less problematic to parents than the unjustified variety.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2018 03:56 UTC