If you've been reading public enemy number #2 from the beginning then you might remember a political post right critique a poorly written bill. Something about keeping “mass murder sims” away from children that some evil libertarian free-speech lovers don't want. If you forgot or your new reader you can read my post here and remember the Supreme Court will hear this bill on November 2.

I'm bringing this up because when the bill is brought up on sites like Game Politics or Kotaku They always seem to be some comments from people who either don't see the threat or welcome the Bill. If you qualify as either than I am concerned that you lack the necessary awareness to know when your liberties are being taken away. So I will further explain why this bill is a very bad thing, and I will explain it in easy to read bullet points so that even those unaccustomed to thinking for themselves can understand.

Here we go again...

Depending upon where you get the news, and what you consider to be news, you may have heard a little or a lot about a certain piece of legislation called AB 1179 more commonly known as "anti-violent video game bill (number goes here)". This bill was written by State Senator Leland Yee of California to prohibit the sale of what he views as "ultraviolence" in video games to minors. Senator Yee is also a formal child psychologist who claims on his website to be for "children, working families, seniors, civil rights and other nice-sounding things. His bill was ruled unconstitutional and now it's going to be reviewed by the Supreme Court. This is a sort of climax for what has been a decade-long culture war between the video game industry and family values special interest groups. Like the bills it before it this one is both needless, ineffective legislation and unconstitutional.