Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edmund G. Brown Jr., et al.
Petitioners
Zackery P. Morazzini, Counsel of Record On October 7, 2005, the State of California enacted Civil Code sections 1746-1746.5, which prohibited the sale or rental of “violent video games” — defined as ones that depict “killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being” — to minors under the age of 18. Businesses that violate the Act can be fined up to $1,000 per violation. In support of passage, State legislators cited studies by social scientists and medical associations that they argued established a correlation between playing violent video games and an increase in aggressive thoughts and…
