Ban On Louisiana Video Game Law Now Permanent

Carl Carlson writes "A Louisiana judge has issued a permanent injunction against a Louisiana law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. The law was crafted by video game dilettante Jack Thompson and took a slightly different approach to the issue of regulating video game sales. Rep. Roy Burrell (R) and Jack Thompson had research that purported to show a causative link between playing violent video games and real-world violence entered into the legislative record in an attempt to buttress the legislation's shaky credentials. In addition, the law adapted the Miller obscenity test to the realm of violent video games."

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[ArcherB]

How does requiring kids to have their parent's buy a video game limit their expression? It may limit the purchasing power of the minors, but the freedom to buy is not the freedom of speech. There is no law forbidding these kids from dressing up in women's clothes and protesting on the steps of their capitol building.

Remember, this didn't ban the game. It banned 10 year olds from buying Postal2 or GTA. If they could talk their parents (or any other adult for that matter) into buying the game, no problem. It gave parents just a bit more control over what kids do. It is their responsibility, after all