Missouri Lawmaker Wants Tax on Violent Video Games

January 15, 2013 6:21 PM

Getty/Joe Raedle

Filed under

Election Returns

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican lawmaker from rural Missouri is calling for a sales tax on violent video games in response to a deadly Connecticut school shooting.

Rep. Diane Franklin, of Camdenton, said Tuesday that the 1 percent sales tax would finance mental health programs and law enforcement measures to curb mass shootings.

The tax would be charged on video games rated teen, mature, and adult only by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

Franklin’s proposal is the latest in a string of measures in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 students and six adults. Another Missouri Republican has filed a measure allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom.

Similar legislation to tax violent video games failed in Oklahoma and New Mexico in recent years.

http://nicelifeindustries.com/2013/01/15/violence-in-video-games/ Violence in Video Games | Joe's Thoughts on Life

[...] I saw this news come out of St. Louis and it just got my dander right up [...]
http://www.straferight.com/forums/us-world-news/179117-interesting-news-thread-321.html#post2879445 The Interesting News Thread – Page 321

[...] [...]
http://thebrennerbrief.com/2013/01/16/gun-hysteria-sweeping-nation-as-obama-unleashes-plans/ Gun hysteria sweeping nation as Obama unleashes plans – The Brenner Brief

[...] Lawmaker Wants Tax On Violent Video Games… [...]
http://carpenoctem6.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/and-the-silliness-continues/ And the Silliness Continues « Carpe Noctem

[...] Once again we have another silly solution to try and prevent tragedies. Over in Missouri a lawmaker wants to add a 1% tax on violent video games. Don’t believe me, take a look here. [...]
http://carpenoctem6.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/and-the-silliness-continues-response/ And The Silliness Continues: Response « Carpe Noctem

[...] possibility of Missouri adding an extra tax for violent video games. You can read the news article here. Mr. Shock’s post his here if you haven’t [...]
http://www.theweeklyworldview.com/conservative-talk/conservative-talk-the-weekly-worldview-without-god Conservative Talk- The Weekly Worldview: Without God | Conservative Talk

[...] Then there’s the civil murder of two deaf Belgians ushering in a new low in man’s inhumanity toward his fellow man, a teacher so scared by 7th & 8th graders that she was forced into a very comfortable retirement, reason 641 to keep your kids out of the government schools, and a RE-publican who seems to want to regulate massacres! [...]