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 micronesia United States. April 30 2009 05:25. Posts 19315 | Profile Blog # |
Source? I hadn't heard that. Do you mean the city or the state or what?
Although they have been making some cooky legal changes here lately... |
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| Hurricane United States. April 30 2009 05:32. Posts 3131 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm not sure if it's the state or the city, but I just got rejected from buying crackdown. I'm in Maine, but GameStop has a policy where it is immediate termination if you sell a game to an M game to a minor because of the law in New York. The guys that worked there told us about it because I didn't have ID and we all agreed it was ridiculous. |
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 MarklarMarklar Fiji. April 30 2009 05:40. Posts 1823 | Profile Blog # |
| this is why i pirate games or buy em from da net Last edit: 2009-04-30 05:40:45 |
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| micronesia United States. April 30 2009 05:45. Posts 19315 | Profile Blog # |
I bring my ID to the store....
Although I rarely buy violent games now that I can lol |
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| vAltyR United States. April 30 2009 05:46. Posts 580 | Profile Blog # |
| IMO, there should be a law against selling M-rated games to minors, but a felony charge is really ridiculous, especially if it's harsher than *alcohol.* |
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| Hurricane United States. April 30 2009 05:47. Posts 3131 | Profile Blog # |
On April 30 2009 05:46 vAltyR wrote:
IMO, there should be a law against selling M-rated games to minors, but a felony charge is really ridiculous, especially if it's harsher than *alcohol.*
This is exactly how I feel. I forgot my ID and that's fine. But there is no reason this should be a felony. |
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| PH United States. April 30 2009 05:49. Posts 6077 | Profile Blog # |
I'm 20, have a beard, and was mistaked for a father before...and I got carded at a Best Buy for buying CS:Source... -____-
But wow...a FELONY?? That's one of the most retarded things ever...
On April 30 2009 05:46 vAltyR wrote:
IMO, there should be a law against selling M-rated games to minors, but a felony charge is really ridiculous, especially if it's harsher than *alcohol.*
It has been unlawful since the rating system came out. OP is just saying it got raised to a felony charge...which, like you said, is ridiculous. |
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| micronesia United States. April 30 2009 06:01. Posts 19315 | Profile Blog # |
I just did a bit of searching through NYS laws and this seems to sum up what I've found:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02837
It doesn't specify the punishment, but it obviously does indicate that it is illegal to sell mature/ao games to minors.
4.) Sets forth a provision where a violation of the provisions of
subdivision one, two or three of the bill shall be a violation as
defined by the Penal Law.
I'm not sure what they mean by 'as defined by the Penal Law' though.
BTW it was dated 01/21/2009Last edit: 2009-04-30 06:02:44 |
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| sixghost United States. April 30 2009 06:14. Posts 2096 | Profile Blog # |
So you could get life in prison for selling 3 copies of Resident Evil to kids.
Sad and funny.Last edit: 2009-04-30 06:15:10 |
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| QuanticHawk United States. April 30 2009 06:39. Posts 21210 | Profile Blog # |
On April 30 2009 05:23 Hurricane wrote:
Apparently New York recently passed a law where if you sell an M rated game to a minor it is a felony. Seriously. What crack head decided selling a game to a minor means that person should be a felon. Selling alcohol to minors is less of an offense. This is bullshit.
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| Caller Poland. April 30 2009 06:44. Posts 7266 | Profile Blog # |
| Then they came for the gamers... |
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| ZeeTemplar United States. April 30 2009 07:02. Posts 557 | Profile Blog # | |
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| cava United States. April 30 2009 07:08. Posts 1001 | Profile Blog # |
On April 30 2009 07:02 ZeeTemplar wrote:
obama ftw
How is this in any way related to obama? It is a state law ... |
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| wswordsmen United States. April 30 2009 07:08. Posts 976 | Profile # |
| Anyone want to start a pool on when the ESA laughs this law out of court? |
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| piratebay United States. April 30 2009 07:26. Posts 399 | Profile Blog # |
On April 30 2009 07:02 ZeeTemplar wrote:
obama ftw
arent u a bright one? too bad obama never served in a ny state legislature... |
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| chaoser United States. April 30 2009 07:32. Posts 5538 | Profile Blog # |
| where's the source that doing this leads to a felony? |
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| Hurricane United States. April 30 2009 07:37. Posts 3131 | Profile Blog # |
On April 30 2009 07:32 chaoser wrote:
where's the source that doing this leads to a felony?
I haven't found any written proof, although micro found something about upping video game sales laws that went into effect January of this year.
On April 30 2009 05:32 Hurricane wrote:
I'm not sure if it's the state or the city, but I just got rejected from buying crackdown. I'm in Maine, but GameStop has a policy where it is immediate termination if you sell a game to an M game to a minor because of the law in New York. The guys that worked there told us about it because I didn't have ID and we all agreed it was ridiculous.
This is how I found out about it. |
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| Mindcrime United States. April 30 2009 09:16. Posts 5939 | Profile # |
On April 30 2009 06:14 sixghost wrote:
So you could get life in prison for selling 3 copies of Resident Evil to kids.
...if New York had a three strikes law
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| Jonoman92 United States. April 30 2009 09:26. Posts 7407 | Profile Blog # |
| Lol that's ridiculous... I mean, someone who endangers other people's lives and drives drunk or something gets a lesser offense than someone who sells a violent video game? Makes no sense. Last edit: 2009-04-30 09:26:45 |
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