This is just a generational gap that will end in a couple of years, just like music.  Rock doesn't make your kids evil, and neither does GTA.  Parents go spend some time with your kids you lazy bastards.

In the end, if a kid who is too young to buy a certain game wants that game badly, all he/she has to do is get someone older to get it for him/her.Maybe even their parents.

I'm not saying it's right to allow younger kids to have these games, (a ten year old should not be playing GTA, no matter what anyone says) but either their parents are too stupid to notice or too noncaring to pay attention. So even if this law does go through, it won't change anything. It is basically void.  

Society will change with the times. As Bob Smith said its like music. Or Dungeons and Dragons. Or racial tensions and attitudes toward homosexuality if you wish to extrapolate to such a level. "Thayse dern keids and theyre rappy hip hoppy myoosic. Eits kurruptin ar fine sosiutay."

I played GTA and all I can think of now is doing drive-bys and hijacking helicopters. But, that's probably just me.

If a law like this were to be enacted, it'd be similar to the government fining movie theaters for allowing children under 17 see a rated R movie.  The reason the film industry never went through something like this in its history is because of the MPAA introducing not only the voluntary film code in the 30s, but the ratings system in the 60s.  

The government seems to have a difficult time realizing that the ESRB is similar to the MPAA in that it's a self-governing form of ratings for games.  People need to stop passing the buck of raising their children off onto the government, there are too many important things to deal with than whether or not Johnny has played GTA.

Like Joe Clark said, kids are going to get these games no matter what. I got them when I was a kid and that's just the way it is, so in the end it should be up to the parents not the government or the retailers.

Next it'll be ANY game featuring violence, regardless of rating. I don't think this would be necessary if parents would just pay attention to what games their kids are playing. Games like Halo are different than games like GTA, but have the same rating. But I think parents usually just think of video games the same way they think of action figures and LEGOs: they're just stupid toys, right?

Yup. Gotta agree with Bob and Joe. I talked to my nephew (10 years old) the other day and we were talking about Red Dead Redemption, because he loved Red Dead Revolver on PS2. The first thing he said to me when I asked if he was going to play it was "I don't know, Mom has to check the rating first."

Imagine that.

I wonder how many times GTA will be referenced in these comments.  GTA is nothing when you compare it to the shower scene in Heavy Rain, the Aphroditie scene in God of War 3, and just about the entire performance in Dante's Inferno.  But yes, I agree that it's up to the parents, not the courts, to make sure children are not exposed to what they are not ready to understand.

I find it rather ironic that Ahnold is against violent video games, when his movies were basically violent video games sans the controller.

I say keep moderate restrictions and leave the rest up to the responsibility of the parents. This is a free country and the freedom should not stop with video games.

I hope the US will not follow in the foot steps of Australia, banning games and irrationally campaigning against games in general.  I believe (would like to hope) that the Supreme Court won't overturn this decision based on the social stigma of video games.

Like someone said before me, once our generation gets into the branches of government, rational acceptance of video games will happen.

Video games are always a popular scapegoat.   Hopefully the SCOTUS upholds the Circuit Court decision and sends a strong message to the anti-video game crusaders.    

I always find it funny when a parent buys an M rated game for a child, then is appalled at what is displayed in the game.  Maybe parents should do more research as well before just jumping the gun and buying whatever their kids want.

If the developers would stop making bad games there wouldn't be this problem. The world and all it stands for, is sinking lower and lower as it creates it's sin, which leads to destruction. Entropy.

I sincerely hope that the decision stands for video games to continue to be self governing mode of censorship. Really I won't be the only one who seeked out more "mature" methods of media. Graphic movies, twisted novels, offensive music and so forth. No one should be in this capsule of innocence until they turn eighteen. Otherwise, they will be ridiculed for not getting in touch with real life issues that are represented in the media. Sure the parents need to do their parts but law (makers/enforcers) have this dichotomy want the best for their populace yet keep them in the dark in social issues.  

Hmm...this sounds confusing to me.

The Supreme Court will rule in favor of gaming.  Nothing to worry about.

Oh yeah, I'm sure the supreme court gonna be fair. They prolly thing video games turn people into zombies.