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72% of US Adults Support Violent-Game Ban For Minors
SpuriousLogic writes with an excerpt from GameSpot: "The US Supreme Court won't start hearing arguments over California's law banning game sales to minors until November 2. However, the ruling in the court of popular opinion is already in, according to a new poll. This week, parent watchdog group Common Sense Media released the results of a survey it commissioned on children's access to violent games. Conducted by polling firm Zogby International, the survey asked 2,100 adults whether they would support a law that 'prohibits minors from purchasing ultra-violent or sexually violent video games without parental consent.' Of those surveyed, some 72 percent said they would approve such a law. Common Sense Media CEO and founder James Steyer, whose nonprofit organization is lobbying for game-restriction legislation in many states, hailed the poll's findings. 'We hope the [state] attorneys general will take a look at these poll results and that they'll side with families over protecting the profits of the video game industry.'"
WARNING: actual numbers ahead, Zogby International employees must put on their Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Fact Sensitive Sunglasses.
Why people even pretend these mouthwhores are any more than a you-pays-your-money-we-confirm-your-meme outfit is beyond me. I guess it makes for good press.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
If I'm reading that correctly, that means that there are more de facto restrictions on minors purchasing virtual guns than there are on minors purchasing real guns.
Something is out of whack here.
I am officially gone from