https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/8/17441796/federal-commission-school-safety-video-games-social-media-firearms

In a bizarre exchange earlier this week on Capitol Hill, the chair of President Donald Trump’s Federal Commission on School Safety backed away from its stated objective to study the role firearms play in school violence. At the same time, the chair detailed its intent to spend time studying the effects of video games and social media.

The exchange came during a Senate appropriations subcommittee meeting where education secretary Betsy DeVos, who chairs the Commission, was invited to speak about the proposed budget for the Department of Education. Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, began with a simple question: “Will your commission look at the role of firearms as it relates to gun violence in our schools?”