California Legislature Passes Violent Game Bill

404Ender writes "In a move similar to the passage of a law designed to restrict the sale of violent video games to children in Illinois, California is now awaiting only the signature of Governor Schwarzenegger before a similar bill becomes a law. Does this action signal the start of a disturbing trend of the restriction of First Amendment rights? How can we as gamers fight back against this type of government action?"

Comments

yes, it's absurd

[rebug]

Why can't my five year old drive himself to school? Why is he not allowed to spend his allowance on handguns and alcohol?

Oh, that's right, because he's a child. Is the adult/child distinction unclear to you for some reason?

Re:1st Admendment Rights lost?

[Retroneous]

Absolutely agreed there. Everybody's crying about a loss of some sort of right, and there's no right going missing anywhere. The government is simply "protecting" kids from stopping them buying violent video games, the same way it stops them from buying adult movies.

In other words, stop being so damned critical, just because the big, bad government made a new law that doesn't actually affect any of us, unless we're 12.

Re:1st Admendment Rights lost?

[Mr. Slippery]

The government is simply "protecting" kids from stopping them buying violent video games...

That's the job of parents. Don't want your kid buying certain games? Great. Don't give 'em the money to do so, and tell 'em they're grounded if they do. Hey, you could even take the game console away if theybring in verbotten games.

Having the state threated to lock people in cages seems a much poorer remedy.