Eternal Marionetta
Hi!
I'm a gamer!
Not only that, I am a 20-year-old high school graduate with honors and I am currently in college, majoring in theater.
I am not a violent, disobedient 13-year-old that you seem to think gamers are, Mr. Lawmaker. I am a responsible young woman who enjoys partaking in violent video games because they are an excellent stress reliever and they help me improve my reaction time. Yes, reaction is valuable in theater, because you have to be able to move/speak in a certain time.
While I agree that minors shouldn't be allowed to buy M-rated games without parents permission, completely prohibiting my access to games is absolutely unacceptable.
You seem to like to claim that you know best, when in fact, you are a simple monkey in a business suit, making oodles of money trying to pass laws that are against the First Amendment and will make us gamers angry.
Instead of trying to make us angry, Mr. Lawmaker, try making up laws that will actually be good for the community and people as a whole. Instead of singling us gamers out, how about you pass laws that will improve education or healthcare?
Or is that too hard for you?
Haha! You go girl! (do people still say that?)
I'm 52 and have been gaming since before the majority of Gaians were born. Even though my opinion is irrelevant (according to the article) I have to think if violent games are doing to turn me to a life of crime they better get cracking at it. I probably only have a few good decades left where I'll be able to rob banks and commit rapes, car jackings and mass murders. After that I may not be able to do better than get really pissed if they give me the wrong kind of apple sauce.
The irony here is that while I'm not a violent person if I had to choose I'd say I've felt more anger over the years due to incredibly stupid things that came down from our politicians rather than from playing violent games.