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Having sex is ok at 18, but isn't seeing sex effectively illegal until one is 21? Correct me if I'm wrong here, as the laws of my own country are hard enough to learn, let alone foreign ones.

I remember reading something about age of consent  being 16 in some states, but 18 federally (meaning the entire country?), so the FBI could still bust you for doing a 16 year old. Does this make any sense to you guys?

No offence or anything by laughing at your silly laws. I mean it's not like me country doesn't have any. =P

Its Rockstar's right to make the game, and people's right to buy and play it.

But it should not be sold at retail, where clerks often disregard ratings, and where unwitting parents and grandparents assume all games are child's play regardless of rating. ESRB made the right call, and should probably rate MORE games AO for extreme violence. The government should keep its nose out of it, but the industry ought to regulate itself. There's a difference between censoring things, and cautioning people about content. People have a right to know what they're buying, and retailers have a right to protect their own interests by disassociating themselves from extreme violence or pornography.

Well I think maybe some states allow sex at 16 or 17...some of those states in the South perhaps. You're definitely a minor if you're not 18 though, so any crimes you commit under the age of 18 are committed as a minor.

But no, age of consent is 18, and that's when you can buy porn and such too.  The only thing you need to wait any longer for is alcohol at 21.

Sorry to tell you this, but no matter what state you're in if you're 18+ and the other person is under 18, you get thrown in jail if there's any kind of complaint to the authorities and get labaled a sex offender for the rest of your life.

 Well only if she complains that he took advantage of her or something, although if he didn't have sex with her then he's safe

I thought BMX XXX got an AO rating, for some reason... Guess I was wrong...

Even if it's consensual he/she can still get prison time.  And the legal age of consent ranges from 14-18 depending on which state you're in.