Another Victory for Video Games

So today the Supreme Court struck down the California law banning the sale of violent video games to children in a 7 to 2 vote. This is an obvious victory for everyone in the gaming industry and perhaps one for the First Amendment as well. Of course I was on the side of the industry, but I thought it would be a worthy endeavor to examine the law and supposed repercussions from both sides of the argument. No worries, I shan't delve too much into the many overdone topics of violence in video games and how it affects children, as better people have handled that question anyway.

So what exactly was the law attempting to do? Well, obviously it was trying to limit the access that children have to video games. Does that mean it made it illegal for children to play violent video games or even for violence to be in the games themselves? Simple answer is "no". It would still have been possible for parents to make the purchase of such games for their children if they deemed it appropriate. So, that said, what reasons do we have to be glad the decision was made in the first place?