Rockefeller Plans to Reintroduce Bill to Study Violent Video Games

Legislation is a high priority for the senator

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Other than lots of talk about the "culture of media violence," Washington, for the most part, seems to be focusing on tougher gun laws and not on new laws to restrict violent media and video games.

Despite the obvious First Amendment hurdles, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is not giving up and plans to reintroduce his bill that calls for the National Academy of Sciences to study the impact of violent video games and programming on children. And now that he's announced he will not seek re-election in 2014, the chairman of the Commerce committee has nothing to lose by pursuing an aggressive agenda.

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