Associated Press, the courts and California’s law against violent video games

In an op-ed published last month, we covered California’s attempt to renew their anti-gaming campaign. The Associated Press covered the Court of Appeals hearing to overturn a court decision that said California’s anti-violent games sales law was unconstitutional.

California Deputy Attorney General Zachery Morazzini asked the courts to uphold the law. He noted that it’s the state’s right to help parents who don’t want their children exposed to violent games. As a rebuttal, Paul Smith, the attorney for the Video Software Dealers Association and Entertainment Software Association in this case, noted that if you restrict or censor one form of entertainment, in this case video games, there’s no telling where the line will finally be drawn…