Tax Proposal for Violent Video Games. 5 Key Points.

Where: Rhode Island

Legislator Proposing a tax on M rated video games: Representative Robert Nardolillo III (R-Dist. 28, Coventry)

The tax:  additional 10% sales tax on M-rated video games

The tax revenue dedicated to fund: increase mental health and counseling resources in schools

The response: Reason calls it an unconstitutional violation of the first amendment because of the ruling in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n (2011) that protects violent video games as free speech.

Reason | R.I. Proposal to Tax Violent Video Games