Rep. Diane Franklin, of Camdenton Missouri wants to add an extra sales tax to violent video games to cut down on their sales in the wake of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown Connecticut. Franklin is proposing that a new tax be added to all video games that are rated Teen, Mature, or Adult by the ESRB. Brendan Spaar does not think that taxing mature video games is the answer to school shootings. If you tax or eliminate violent video games, there is an argument that crazy people will not have an outlet for their rage and will actually take things out on others, increasing gun violence instead of cutting down on it.
Source: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/357166/3/Mo-lawmaker-wants-tax-on-violent-video-games
Source: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/357166/3/Mo-lawmaker-wants-tax-on-violent-video-games
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