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A bill in Oklahoma proposed by Fred Morgan will be moving to the Oklahoma Senate for consideration. The bill “expands the definition of ‘harmful to minors’ to include the inappropriate violence often found in some of today’s most popular video games. This includes violence that is glamorized or gratuitous, endorses or glorifies torture, and does not show the consequences of violence. It also includes video games that may depict lead characters freely resorting to violence without thought to the consequences.”
Retailers who sell games of this nature to minors could be faced with a misdemeanor and charges up to $1,000.
“I think there are grandparents and parents that have no idea what’s in these games and I think that’s a shame,” Morgan commented. “The industry has successfully challenged every law passed by local or state government but citizens are continuing to demand that something be done, legislatures continue to try to find reasonable and constitutional ways to restrict access to these extremely violent, sexist, and graphic games. The growing body of research shows that these games are harmful to impressionable children.”