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# Hey Kid! Want to Buy Some Explicit Music? Sure. Videogames? Good luck.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/hey-kid-want-to-buy-some-explicit-music-sure-videogames/
- Published: 2011-04-21T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:55:24.000Z
- Description: No joke, I had a dream last night about having dinner with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Roberts. I asked them when they’d be handing down the Supreme Court decision over whether California can criminalize the sale of violent videogames. They laughed. I should’ve shared this information: that it’s ea
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

![](http://killscreendaily.com/includes/img/focus-areas/explicit_music_warning.jpg)

No joke, I had a dream last night about having dinner with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Roberts. I asked them when they’d be handing down the Supreme Court decision over whether California can criminalize the sale of violent videogames. They laughed.

I should’ve shared this information: that it’s easier for kids to buy explicit music than violent videogames. Alex Pham at the *LA Times* reports on the the Federal Trade Commission’s findings:

> A sting operation conducted by the Federal Trade Commission between November and January found that 64% of kids were able to buy music CDs with a “parental advisory” label. But when the undercover, underage shoppers tried to buy a video game with a “mature” rating, only 13% slipped through. The other 87% were stopped cold.  
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> For movies, 38% of kids were able to buy an R-rated DVD, while 33% were able to buy a ticket to see an R-rated movie in a theater.

Try and read the whole thing without shaking with rage.

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