A member of New Zealand’s Parliament has called for a ban on Grand Theft Auto IV.
As reported by Scoop, Independent MP Gordon Copeland wants GTA IV to be unavailable to New Zealanders. Copeland told Scoop:
Sadly New Zealand has become a violent society. Our criminal courts are almost log jammed with cases involving murder, manslaughter, rape, and other heinous crimes. Our jails are overflowing.
A recent study has indicated that, on a per capita basis, New Zealand is now twice as violent as the USA…
Simply stated, it is time to reverse the tide of violence in New Zealand. We have to have the courage somewhere, sometime, to say “no” and I agree with kiwi parents and the police, that this is not a bad place to start.
