While the debate over gaming legislation has been raging for some time, it is only now that it will be debated in the highest court in the land. CNBC reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether it will hear the appeal for a California game law that would force all "M" rated games to carry a warning sticker and make their sale to anyone under the age of 18 illegal.
Like all the laws of its ilk, the gaming legislation from California was struck down, first by the U.S. District Court and later by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to pursue the issue, making California the first state to take gaming legislation to America's highest court. The Supreme Court should release a statement soon regarding whether or not they will hear the case.
Considering that all reputable studies have found that connections between violent gaming and real world violence are, at best, tenuous and that the precedent from several similar cases in other states is pretty clear, we admonish Governor Schwarzenegger's attempt to get the lower court ruling overturned. At a time when his state's budget is stretched to its limit, this move is likely to only cost California more money.
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October 1, 2009
Not only are there no studies that suggest a link to video games and violence, there never will be any such studies in the future. Zippo, Zilch!! Such a link is the result of induced paranoia on the part of psychopathic/sociopathic politicians.
I'd like to see those studies that link violence to politicians, particularly those idiots that want every 'merican to have a gun!
Do not let these charlatan politicians get away with this BS!
Brandon Davis, Ph.D.