Posted Feb 23, 2007 at 05:04AM by Karl B. Listed in: News Tags: Senate bill, David Ford
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According to The Times Online, Senate has decided to hold off on a proposal that would have resulted in the restriction of sales of adult-rated video games to kids. Apparently, the legislation's sponsors couldn't find a way to write the bill without violating constitutional rights.

The legislation would have imposed fines up to US$ 1,000 if retailers sold or rented video games rated mature to those under 17 or games rated adults only to those younger than 18. Court rulings have struck down previous efforts to restrict game sales.

The Senate voted to send the issue to a study committee. Sen. David Ford, who sponsored the bill, said he hoped the study committee could come up with a bill that could pass a future session of the General Assembly and withstand a legal challenge on constitutional grounds.


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   by KaizokuNinja - 2007-02-23
 » Good.

Our government was designed to be cumbersome and anarchic. This is proof that it's working.


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   Re: popo (Unregistered) - 2007-02-23
 » hmm

what?
   by Koru-Kun - 2007-02-23
 » geez

If they can find a way to prevent minors from purchasing alcohol and tobacco, they should be able to prevent the sale of Mature and Adults Only rated games easily.... I bet that they're trying to restrict sales even MORE than that in their suggested bills, that's why it got shot down. They're getting greedy with what they want in the bill.

Make the bill simple! Use this:

"This bill states simply that the sale of games rated under the authority of the ESRB that are rated either Mature or Adults Only must have an age check on the purchaser. If the purchaser is under the age depicted for playing the video game, that game cannot be sold to the minor. If the seller fails to meet the expectations of checking for age (carding) the potential buyer, the company is liable to be fined $1000.00 for the mistake."

It's simple, and it will work. USE IT!



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