Back before the elections, North Carolina state senator Julia Boseman (D, at right) said that if she won reelection, she'd reintroduce her violent-games bill, which stalled in committee during the previous legislative session.
Well, she's been reelected and the bill's coming back. This despite the fact that not a single such bill has passed constitutional muster thus far. "We think we can reduce the conflict with constitutional issues," Boseman said.
Let's take a look at that. The bill is a fucking nightmare. It doesn't stop at just making it illegal to sell M-rated games to minors. It would actually make it illegal for me to give a "violent" video game to a minor (like if I gave Gears of War as a gift to a 17-year-old cousin or something) and, most ridiculously, it would require an "adults-only" section to be installed into every EB Games, curtained off like the porn at the back of a video rental store.
If Boseman wants to "reduce the conflict" between the Constitution and this bill, she can start by tossing it in the trash.
Boseman and Soles discuss plans for '07 legislative session [Wilmington Star, via GamePolitics]
