Video Game Sales Ban

Written by WiLD

Saturday, 28 May 2005

Lawmakers, in Illinois, voted today to ban the sales of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors.  The measure now goes on to Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) who proposed the ban last year after hearing about JFK Reloaded.  "The legislation leaves it to stores to determine which games are too violent or sexually explicit for minors, and retailers have argued it turns them into violence and sensitivity police." Clerks in Illinois that sell so called "adult video games" to minors could be fined up to $1000. "A federal judge last summer struck down a Washington state ban as a violation of free speech because it banned selling to minors video games depicting violence against police officers but not other depictions of violence. Federal courts have also struck down bans in Indianapolis and St. Louis County, Mo., saying the measures encroach on the First Amendment." All I have to say:  Whatever happened to parents being responsible for their children?

 

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