Detroit Free Press Urges Gov. Granholm to Drop Video Game Crusade
Detroit's leading newspaper has come down hard on Gov. Jennifer Granholm's ill-fated attempt to legislate video game sales. Michigan's law was ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court judge last week.
An editorial in the Detroit Free Press urges Granholm to curtail efforts on regulating games.
"The law was a bad idea from the start," the paper said, "a feel-good solution for a complicated social problem that was obviously unconstitutional. Appealing this ruling or reintroducing similar legislation is a waste of time and money... As leaders, politicians should focus their efforts on public education and urging the industry to regulate itself - not on promulgating unclear, unenforceable and unconstitutional bans on what games people play."