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"There have been bills in the local, state and federal level that have proposed bans for the sale of games with violent content to minors, but a new bill proposed last week by Tennessee State Senator Tommy Kilby goes all the way, calling for the total ban of the sale and rental of video games with violent content to ANYONE, regardless of age."


http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=4604409&nav=0RYv

from the wording of the bill:

SECTION 1. The general assembly hereby finds that:
(1) Exposing persons to depictions of violence in video games, including sexual and heinous violence, makes those persons more likely to experience feelings of aggression, to experience a reduction of activity in the frontal lobes of the brain, and to exhibit violent antisocial or aggressive behavior;

(2) Even persons who do not commit acts of violence suffer psychological harm from prolonged exposure to violent video games; and

(3) The state has a compelling interest in preventing violent, aggressive, and
antisocial behavior, and in preventing psychological or neurological harm to persons who play violent video games.

http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3981.pdf