All violent video games to be banned in Germany

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waron said:

ElRhodeo said:

TheConduit said:

It does make sense though why support better mental care for disturbed people or ban guns that were linked to the crime but ban violent video games based on the fact that they were played by the killer.

Guns are mostly banned already in Germany (or at least much, much harder to get than in the USA). But I guess many American readers wouldn't like that idea either...

And how should it help if the government "support better mental care for disturbed people", if the amok gunman didn't receive psychological treatment before? It's funny how, on the one hand, people want the government to mind it's own business and leave them alone, at the same time they're lamenting that the country is to blame for mentally disturbed people.

but you know instead of banning those games make a law that will stop them from being bought by 12 year old kids cause most of GTA4 owners have less than 16 years old - heck my 8 year old cousin got psp with GTA Liberty City Stories on his First Communion from his parents last year and this year he got 360 on his birthday with Burnout Paradise, Trivial Pursuit(it's a pack in with Premium 360), Skate, Dead Rising and Resident Evil 5 from both his parents and grandparents - yeah 9 year old kid got M rated games from his own parents.

well i think resident evil and dead rising are a little too much for a nine year old...