Joe Baca: “while our Nation is defending ourselves from attacks from abroad, we are facing another battle here at home. We are in a…”

“while our Nation is defending ourselves from attacks from abroad, we are facing another battle here at home. We are in a battle for the hearts and the minds and souls of our children. We must address the cultural issues that are influencing the behavior of our children. They are being drowned by the flood of sex and violence from the video game industry. When four out of five kids walk into the neighborhood stores and buy video games that show people having sex with prostitutes, killing police officers, using drugs, and attacking our senior citizens, it is time to take action. These games are brainwashing our children. They teach them the skills and the will to kill. I am a parent, a grandparent, and I have had enough of violence that we are experiencing amongst our youth. From Columbine, from Texas, to Germany we have seen the tragic consequences of youth violence. The video game industry is a $9 billion industry. But it is not about money, it is about our children. As an adult, you can shoot a gun, you can drink a beer, you can smoke a cigar. But if you are giving these substances to a child, you are a criminal. When it comes to video games with violent or sexual content, the same should be true. The pornography industry, the gun industry, the tobacco industry, and the alcohol industry all accept regulations on their products when it comes to kids. And so must the video industry do the same. We, as parents, need to take responsibility for our children.”