CT State Senator Wants To Ban Kids From Using Arcade Guns

New submitter Nyder writes "In a move that is sure to bring tears to the eyes of kids everywhere, Connecticut State Senator Toni Harp proposed a bill in January that would ban anyone younger than 18 from playing 'violent point-and-shoot' video games in arcades or other public establishments. 'The bill also called for research into the effects of violent video games on young minds, through a committee called the Violent Video Game Task Force within the Department of Children and Families. The task force would advise the Governor and General assembly on state programs that "may reduce the effects of violent video games on youth behavior," suggesting before the research was done that violent video games have an effect on children's actions.' Hopefully this won't pass; I guess the video game lobby hasn't paid this Senator enough 'funds' for her campaign."

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A car is not a weapon. It really is a tool and has a wide variety of not only nonlethal and non-sporting, but nondestructive uses. Moving people and goods around is a big one. They are used as such every single day in the vast majority of non-sporting use cases, rather than this being the exception to the rule.

A gun is not a tool, it's a weapon for killing things. If it's supposed to be a tool, it's an extremely shitty one. Why would you want to put a hole in something from a distance? Just go over to the thing and use a fucking drill like a normal person. The gun offers poor control over precise placement of the hole, the angle and depth of the hole, typically only does a single hole size, and offers a poor finish on the hole. When I drill holes they are of wildly varying sizes, placement has to be correct down to a small fraction of a millimeter, and a correct angle and depth is very important.