'Over 30' Section For Games Stores? 220
A New York law introduced by Representative Keith Wright seeks just that, a section for gaming stores that keeps 'violent games' under lock and key, and is accessible only to people over 30. The law is one of two poorly-thought pieces of legislation being considered by New York state's legal system. From the 1up article: "The history of the courts striking down such legislation goes just about as far back as politicians who attempt to bolster their own image by capitalizing on the public fear and hysteria over the bogeyman of video gaming. It's interesting to note that recently, courts have begun penalizing entities who purposely waste their time with attempts at passing frivolous and unconstitutional anti-videogame legislation. You'd think might deter motions like [these] somewhat, wouldn't you?" Update: 01/19 04:10 GMT by Z : As ahecht points out in the comments 1up has things wrong here. There is only one bill, and it restricts violent games from being sold to those under 18 only. Line 5 of the bill's text is the section in question.
Re:Remember... (Score:3, Informative)
Yo ho, yo ho...
"Over 30"? Uhh, no. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:"Over 30"? Uhh, no. (Score:3, Informative)
Now if you read into the links in the article you find
So its not that the summary of the article is incorrect, the writers of the article can't even cite their sources correctly... You can't just read an article these days, you have to read their sources...
Re:I would understand 21, but 30? (Score:5, Informative)
Bill actually only bans sales to minors (under 18) (Score:5, Informative)
1UP misread the article when they summarized it from the original article [gamepolitics.com]
From the text [state.ny.us] of bill:
S 391-Q. SALE OF CERTAIN VIDEO GAMES TO MINORS PROHIBITED. 1. NO PERSON, PARTNERSHIP OR CORPORATION SHALL SELL OR RENT OR OFFER TO SELL OR RENT TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS ANY VIDEO GAME THAT HAS A MATURE OR VIOLENT RATING.... SALE OR RENTAL OF ANY VIDEO GAME ... [as described] TO AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO DEMONSTRATES, THROUGH [some sort of ID ]... AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
SUCH IDENTIFICATION NEED NOT BE REQUIRED OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO REASONABLY
APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS OF AGE,...
Re:I would understand 21, but 30? (Score:5, Informative)
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00547&sh=t [state.ny.us]
This bill reads:
The second bill is located at: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02024&sh=t [state.ny.us] This bill, surprisingly, also reads:
In fact, there aren't two separate bills putting video games under "concentrated fire", it's the same bill, but one was the prefiling of the bill on the 3rd, and the second is the actual filing on the 11th.
This is just sloppy reporting.
Re:The reason for 30 (Score:2, Informative)
But aren't the over-30's more likely to pay for said games?
According to the ESA [theesa.com], parents of children under 18 are present 89% of the time when games are purchased or rented. Presumably most of these parents have dinged 30.
But this law is silly for all sorts of other reasons.
Mod parent down: Bullshit. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I would understand 21, but 30? (Score:2, Informative)