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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/video-game-lobby_n_3046533.html
WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama spends his political capital this week in an attempt to advance gun control legislation in Congress, the nation's video game industry has reason to celebrate, albeit quietly.
Nearly four months after Vice President Joe Biden and a half-dozen members of Congress all singled out violent, adult-themed video games as potentially linked to certain types of gun violence, including the Sandy Hook school shooting, three different congressional proposals related to violent entertainment have been effectively shelved. Instead, lawmakers are debating the merits of comprehensive background checks for gun sales, school safety measures and anti-trafficking laws.
The exclusion of violent video games from the legislation being considered on Capitol Hill reflects in part the growing influence of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the video game industry's chief lobbying arm in Washington.
The ESA has spent more than $18 million on lobbying over the past four years. Since the Newtown, Conn., massacre, the trade group has added two more lobbying firms to its payroll, including that of Steve Elmendorf, one of the top Democratic lobbyists in Washington. Elmendorf's firm also recently registered as a lobbyist for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a leading gun control group.
A spokesman for the ESA acknowledged that the beefed-up lobbying has been largely aimed at insulating the industry from the violence prevention debate, but said the group's positions are backed up by science. "What we've been doing since this tragedy is tell the story with the facts," said Rich Taylor, the ESA's senior vice president of communications and industry affairs. Pointing to the "extensive research" looking at possible links between videos and violence, he said, "We've gone out of our way to communicate that to lawmakers, the media and the general public."
It doesn't hurt that the ESA's president, Erik Huey, also has close ties to the Obama administration. Since 2009, Huey appears to have visited the White House 20 times, according to White House visitor logs, which show that he attended meetings with President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and then-White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, among others.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the president remains "committed" to funding research into the causes of real-life violence -- including any possible connection with video games -- but he declined to say whether there were any immediate plans in the works.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/video-game-lobby_n_3046533.html
WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama spends his political capital this week in an attempt to advance gun control legislation in Congress, the nation's video game industry has reason to celebrate, albeit quietly.
Nearly four months after Vice President Joe Biden and a half-dozen members of Congress all singled out violent, adult-themed video games as potentially linked to certain types of gun violence, including the Sandy Hook school shooting, three different congressional proposals related to violent entertainment have been effectively shelved. Instead, lawmakers are debating the merits of comprehensive background checks for gun sales, school safety measures and anti-trafficking laws.
The exclusion of violent video games from the legislation being considered on Capitol Hill reflects in part the growing influence of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the video game industry's chief lobbying arm in Washington.
The ESA has spent more than $18 million on lobbying over the past four years. Since the Newtown, Conn., massacre, the trade group has added two more lobbying firms to its payroll, including that of Steve Elmendorf, one of the top Democratic lobbyists in Washington. Elmendorf's firm also recently registered as a lobbyist for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a leading gun control group.
A spokesman for the ESA acknowledged that the beefed-up lobbying has been largely aimed at insulating the industry from the violence prevention debate, but said the group's positions are backed up by science. "What we've been doing since this tragedy is tell the story with the facts," said Rich Taylor, the ESA's senior vice president of communications and industry affairs. Pointing to the "extensive research" looking at possible links between videos and violence, he said, "We've gone out of our way to communicate that to lawmakers, the media and the general public."
It doesn't hurt that the ESA's president, Erik Huey, also has close ties to the Obama administration. Since 2009, Huey appears to have visited the White House 20 times, according to White House visitor logs, which show that he attended meetings with President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and then-White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, among others.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the president remains "committed" to funding research into the causes of real-life violence -- including any possible connection with video games -- but he declined to say whether there were any immediate plans in the works.
Key sentence.
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And the cult of obama marches on
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Video games are bigger than the Hollywood box office.
We have more money than the studios.
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Video games are bigger than the Hollywood box office.
We have more money than the studios.
Corect - that is why a piece of shit like obama and thuglosi will go after bushmaster and ignore EA Sports
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Corect - that is why a piece of shit like obama and thuglosi will go after bushmaster and ignore EA Sports
It's true... I think it's shit. On one hand it's good for me... but I think it's shit anyway.
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It's true... I think it's shit. On one hand it's good for me... but I think it's shit anyway.
They should leave both alone
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They should leave both alone
Liberals believe that government can solve all of the worlds problems. This just simply is not the case. The fact that there are a lot of nuts out there that shoot up schools, movie theaters, etc. is a tragedy. However, anyone with half a brain should clearly see that punishing law abiding citizens is not the solution. We are making felons out of people because of magazines. In some cases you would get punished more severely for owning 30 round magazines that you would for sexually assaulting a child. But we have to accept draconian gun laws "for the children". WTF is going on in this country?