Comments on: Louisiana video game law put on hold

New restriction on sales of violent video games to minors is rendered unenforceable, for now, by preliminary injunction.

[Axiomatic13]

Thankfully cooler heads prevailed...

With all the problems Louisiana has, the fact that this issue had any movement at all is astonishing. As a resident of Houston, TX I can tell you first hand that Louisiana needs to get their city back in order and take back their orphaned citizens before doing ANYTHING else not related to Katrina fallout.

[thinkjered]

A victory for reason

I remember seeing an article on this a few weeks back and thinking to myself "what an embarrassment to Louisianians." Of course, it's what we've come to expect from this poor excuse from a governor. I'm glad the voice of reason is keeping these mongrels in check.

[viperpa]

Don't work

Rating system and parental controls don't work. When kids want to get there hands on something, they will. How is parental controls going to stop a kid from getting there hands on a violent game? How is a rating system going to stop kids? The more bad the game is, the more kids want it. You can't smoke till your 18 but there are kids who are younger than that smoking.

[Sir Geek]

Gee.. How do they get the games ?

I'd be willing to bet that 9 out of 10 kids get the game the same way they get everything else.

They ask their parents/grandparents. Is it the laws fault that the parents aren't clued enough to say "Gee, My 6 year old kid wants this game rated M - Should I ask the person what M means ?, Naw I trust little Jimmy".