Video games do not teach people to become shooters in real life (opinion) - CNN.
"After 10 plus years of researching how games affect human behavior, I can tell you this:

Games do not teach people to become shooters in real life.

Pundits claim that simulation games or virtual reality can make people better shooters. This is not accurate: if anything, of all the research on games and behavior change, the most compelling link between the two has to do with self-efficacy, a term coined by psychologist Albert Bandura.

Self-efficacy, according to social cognitive theory, refers to a person's belief in in his or her ability to succeed. Games simply offer the opportunity to change what people think is possible -- and to succeed at it ... on screen.

Thousands of hours of "shooting" games don't teach the essentials of a real gun. Players don't learn about the mechanics of safeties or a gun's weight. Players don't learn how to load a gun, to unbox bullets, to specify ammunition or how to purchase a weapon. Players don't learn how to adjust for a weapon's recoil, nor do they demonstrate the heat of a gun, or the maintenance of it.

In short, players don't learn the realities of a gun, they learn its simulation. At best, a well-executed shooting game might increase players' confidence in their ability to shoot, but the reality is much different."