Adults would be punished as felons for providing them to kids

Arguably effective, this new bill that passed as law to make felons out of would-be game buyers is still pretty scary! I don’t know, for some this might seem like the ideal solution to steer kids away from violent games feels to me like parental responsibility is being dictated by the state…

The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to yank violent video games out of the hands of minors and punish as felons adults who provide such entertainment to children.
Rep. David Hogue, R-Riverton, implied such games played a serious role in school shootings such as Columbine.
“Would these same kids have done this anyway without watching violent videos? Maybe not.” he said.
HB257, which passed 56-8, would add extremely violent “interactive video or electronic” games to the state’s statute protecting minors from harmful material; the statute is commonly used to prosecute those who provide pornography to children [Read the rest]

[tags]video game law,felons,protecting minors,school shootings[/tags]