In what may be a response to the Supreme Court's recent pro-gaming decision, Utah legislator Michael Morley says he will not pursue anti-gaming legislation in that state. When asked if he planned to continue pursuing the passage of his own anti-game bill, Morley told Utah's Deseret News, "It's not on my radar to fight that fight,"
Morley says the bill he wrote would not have been deemed unconstitutional like the California law, in that it wouldn't directly punish retailers for selling violent and/or sexual games to children. Instead, Morley's bill aimed to allow parents to sue retailers for false advertising if they sold violent games to kids. The bill was passed in Utah, but vetoed by former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. over concerns it would hurt business and Free Speech.
Although Morley said he feels his bill would have been deemed constitutional, he's not going to pursue it. That ship, as they say, has sailed.
I'd like to congratulate Morley on his decision. Hopefully, we'll see the end of lawmakers wasting time and resources pursuing imaginary evils in video games, and instead focus on real problems, specifically, MY problems.
Source: Deseret News
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BR4CR
Just another politician claiming they deserve your vote because they're "protectiong your children." What unmitigate bush.
Atzil
Being from Utah I don't mine how things are going for gamers here, as long as they stay the hell away from me.
rifleshoot
i applaud his realization that following that specific course of action wouldn't have gone anywhere. I do, however, believe that there should at least be some preventative measure in place that keeps M-rated games out of the hands of children at least under the age of 10. After that, parents pretty much stop caring about video games.
Pemoel
You really have to understand a place like Utah. It's rather clean and moral. It's a great place for families in most cases. The reality is we don't need a law here, as most parents are smart enough not to let their children play M rated games and most retailers refuse to sell R rated movies, let alone M rated games, to someone that isn't at least 18+.
So before everyone starts with their "LOLSTOOPIDMORMONSLOL", think, think some more, know your facts, THINK AGAIN, and finally post.
Pemoel
You really have to understand a place like Utah. It's rather clean and moral. It's a great place for families in most cases. The reality is we don't need a law here, as most parents are smart enough not to let their children play M rated games and most retailers refuse to sell R rated movies, let alone M rated games, to someone that isn't at least 18+.
So before everyone starts with their "LOLSTOOPIDMORMONSLOL", think, think some more, know your facts, THINK AGAIN, and finally post.
FreshCut_T70
The dumbass knows he would lose in court since the Supreme Court has already made a similar judgement that makes these conservative idiots find another market to harass.
Oathkeeper27
Allow parents to sue retailers for false advertising? What false advertising? Parents and older siblings/friends buy minors M-rated games all the time. This would just allow parents to sue honest companies for their horrible parenting and lack of attention to what their kids are playing.
GameStop fires its employees if they sell a mature game to a minor, and Wal-Mart and Target take it very seriously too. What more do you want?!
rayken15
Yeah, I really can't see why anyone would see that as unconstitutional or harmful to business.
Zombaids
Haha, I live in utah and they were always trying to do anti video game legislation. Oh and its Deseret news, not desert news
CALiiGeDDon
It SHOULD be illegal to sale mature games to minors. Why else is there a Teen rating or Mature rating stating ages 17+? Might as well make a new rating system that is based on violence instead of age.
DragonRose
This issue has been snowballing since the Columbia shooting. On 2007 May 2, a high schooler was arrested for creating a CS map of his school, he was considered a terrorist. It's a place we spend 8 hours a day for 4 years of our lives in. Yes, it's a big part of our lives, it has a big impact in our lives so why wouldn't it impact our art?I think this is all hogwash.
I do not go around killing people. I began playing extremely violent games in 1991 (namely Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein, Doom, RoTT, etc.); I was 6 years old. Oh yeah... and I still have the CS map I made of my school. I didn't go shooting it up. Go figure.
Legislation needs to stop looking at electronic software and start looking at failure parents.
permanent_nirvana
He chose wisely.
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