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</div>Everyone's favorite psychotic, disbarred lawyer, Jack Thompson is yet again lashing out at a state's governing body. This time, Thompson has his sights set on Utah's governer, Jon Huntsman, after Huntsman vetoed a bill being pushed by Thompson.
The bill, HB 353, would punish retailers that attempt to enforce age restrictions on videogame sales. It essentially means that if a retailer makes the claim of not selling M rated games to younger buyers, but actually does sell the game to minors, they can then be fined or punished.
Huntsman vetoed the bill on the basis that it was unconstitutional and would lead to unintended consequences. Immediately after the veto was issued by Huntsman, Thompson issued the following statement.
</div>Everyone's favorite psychotic, disbarred lawyer, Jack Thompson is yet again lashing out at a state's governing body. This time, Thompson has his sights set on Utah's governer, Jon Huntsman, after Huntsman vetoed a bill being pushed by Thompson.
The bill, HB 353, would punish retailers that attempt to enforce age restrictions on videogame sales. It essentially means that if a retailer makes the claim of not selling M rated games to younger buyers, but actually does sell the game to minors, they can then be fined or punished.
Huntsman vetoed the bill on the basis that it was unconstitutional and would lead to unintended consequences. Immediately after the veto was issued by Huntsman, Thompson issued the following statement.
You got suckered [by the video game industry]. Further, there is no constitutional, First Amendment problem...
If your veto is not overridden, then we will be back with a bill to ban the sale of these products altogether, in light of the recent massacres in Germany and in this country directly caused by these murder simulation products that are being copycatted by teens who are being fraudulently sold them.
Feel free to read more of the drama <a href="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/03/26/jack-thompson-lashes-out-utah-guv-following-game-bill-veto">over at GamePolitics</a>.
If your veto is not overridden, then we will be back with a bill to ban the sale of these products altogether, in light of the recent massacres in Germany and in this country directly caused by these murder simulation products that are being copycatted by teens who are being fraudulently sold them.
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