"It's time for battle"

Well, it is finally coming to a head this fall. The State of California has legislation in place to ban the sale of violent video-games (Rated M) to minors and would place heavy fines on retailers that do (likening them to X-rated videos). Lower courts in California have already thrown out the law due to First Amendment rights, however it is being reviewed by the Supreme Court later this year. The gaming industry, according to Industrygamers.com, is afraid at what this will do to their sales, and probably their jobs as well. I am for the state of California in some respects. I can understand the problem of violent video-games and them not wanting it in the hands of an impressionable young person or somebody who is disturbed, but to have the government in the enforcement business of what you can and cannot buy is not good and how do you determine which games are violent enough to ban and not ban?. I believe it is the primary responsibility of the parent to protect their kids from any content they do not want in the home. Unfortunately, many parents either give up because it is easily accessible from the internet, their kids friends who have the game as well, or they just don't care/"Don't have the time to deal with it". It is difficult to find where I should stand, but I don't think legislating video-game sales is going to do anything effective. Let me know your opinions and I will see you next time.

Crackerhead1983