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 Against the increase in car thefts, an elected representative wants to ban the sale of GTA 5video games is recurrently associated with violence. Whether you agree with this idea or not, this reputation often leads politicians to address the issue in a sometimes disproportionate and thoughtless way.

In this case today it is Marcus Evans Jr., a representative of Illinois in the House who, in front of the outbreak of the phenomenon of carjacking (which aims to remove a vehicle by using violence to take the control or steal valuables), wants to pass a bill outright banning the sale of violent games throughout the US state .

• " Amendments to the provisions that restrict the sale or rental of violent video games to minors to prohibit the sale of all violent video games." "

• " Changed the definition of" violent video game " to mean a video game that allows a user or player to control a video game character who is encouraged to perpetuate human-to-human violence in which the player kills or causes harm. other way psychological harm to another human or animal. "

• " Amending the definition of" serious physical harm " to include psychological harm and child abuse, sexual abuse, animal abuse, domestic violence, violence against women or motor vehicle theft with a driver or a passenger present inside the vehicle when the flight begins. "

• " Repeal of a section concerning the labeling of violent video games by video game retailers." "

For its part, a local newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Time reports that the phenomenon of carjacking has doubled in the space of 1 year , passing to 1,417 facts reported in 2020 . If we obviously condemn this kind of misdeeds, we can deplore however that the video game is associated with this since it is considered as one of the factors leading to this increase in crimes.

Of course, as usual the game of Rockstar Games GTA 5 concentrates a large part of these criticisms and Marcus Evans Jr. does not intend to hide it by making arguments that could be qualified as dubious, see instead:

Following the presentation of this bill, a representative of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) , which is the largest trade association for the gaming industry in the United States, wanted to react via a press release: