Gamers need to 'quiet down' says CA senator

This guy is so oblivious to gamers, that this out of touch with reality congressman does not realize that the vast majority of gamers are of voting age. This one's going to hurt come reelection.

Those games he is holding are his, no need to be ashamed Mr. Yee; they are great games xD

He is an assh*le.

This is why I hate living in liberal-@ss California, the idiots here keep electing douchebags like this that want to push their liberal agendas.

Democratic Republics work best when an entire group of people is told to shut up and be quiet.

Lets just ponder this for a moment, what is the largest cause of death in the united states? Lunatics with software or lunatics with military grade weapons? 

Yeah, what would gamers know about...games? Clearly games are at fault, not the over saturation of assault weapons, not the laughable gun laws, not the cuts to mental health programs, not the abundance lunatics with easy access to guns who think the government is out to get them, not the endless fear-mongering by right-wing pundits, not the military's glamorization of war, not this country's general glamorization of guns and gun culture, oh no  that's silly.

Are you serious, Yee? How about YOU keep quiet, because YOU have no credibility!

"Gamers have got to just quiet down, Gamers have no credibility in this argument. This is all about their lust for violence and the industry's lust for money. This is a billion-dollar industry. This is about their self-interest."

YOU SIR, NEED TO QUIET DOWN!! It is YOU who have no credibility in this argument, being you're only interested in your own benefit by trying to make a name for your self on a hot button issue. Your first attempt was a failure and you piggy backing on this unfortunate occurrence will fair you no better. No one wants to take the blame for a massacre, i get that, but stop trying to place blame on a medium. It's individuals, society, MORALS that are to blame, but of course lets not fix that right? cause you can't right? stay out my games you parasite, go make a name for yourself by curing cancer  not on the graves of children.

I'm pretty sure at least one of the murders had water to drink the day of their killings, maybe there is something in the water. So why aren't they attacking that in the same way? Oh wait that would be stupid just like this argument 

He's holding assassins creed 2? He expecting a shooting involving wrist muskets?

I guess nobody is making games? This is a article I can read on yahoo.com

You have the right to shut up while we will use everything against you.

Oh, and by the way, there is actually little to no evidence Lanza (the Sandy Hook shooter) was even a gamer. 

http://gamepolitics.com/2013/01/25/little-evidence-sandy-hook-shooter-was-gamer

This asshat needs to be sent back in time to the front line of the civil war and then tell us video games caused the violence. This guy has no clue.

Yeah right, like violence never happened before the video games was invented. These senators are biased and generally idiots.

The war on Iraq was their lust for violence and greed.

"This is all about their lust for violence" LMAO !

Ha, got to love it. Wonder how many "gamers" voted him in?

A CA senator, chosen from among the people to speak for the people....is now telling us to STFU.

It is official the Americans are being lead by idiots....

Ya and turtles wear pink underwear. Your an idiot senator. Did you even look at how vast ranging video games are? They're also learning tools for children you dolt.

Every time there is somekind of horrible gun crime in the United states some polotician comes in and blames gaming! Its an absolute joke, If games were to blame and sensorship put on them are they going to do it with films - the internet - the news or army recruitment PLEASE i wish these miss informed poloticians would get there head out of there behind and stop blaming the gaming industry. I grew up watching freddy cruger and the Jason from friday the 13th. I havnt gone out with blades on my fingers or a machette causing mayhem. If there worried about the content then they should clamp down on parents who let there kids play on 18 rated games or educate those parents to be more vigilant. I never hear about tarantino being to blame for any of it because poloticians who make these statemants like movies and probabley dont play games.

This is NOT about our supposed 'lust for violence', this is about our-and the gaming industries-right to free speech and expression. This is about our freedoms to seek what entertainment we wish, our freedom to not have the government dictate what fantasies, what stories, what games are good and bad. It's a little thing called the Constitution of the United States, and it puts the onus on you to find out whether video games are harmful to the public-which countless study has found they are, in fact, NOT. The last thing gamers have to do is quiet down and let agenda-pushing government weasels trample on our rights, and any self-respecting person, gamer or not, would oppose this asshole's assertion that we should shut up and take it from the government.

Game Dev's if you are starting to hate the "USA" and you "should" feel free to move else were you can have one of my houses :)

This politician has balls saying that we gamers have no "credibility". FYI-We do have credibility, b/c we pay for these games with our own money or CREDIT cards. There has always been a ratings system. So there are already rules. This punk politician is only mad b/c he has no control over the gaming industry. He should get the hell out of politics and get lost. What a pathetic loser.

"and the industry's lust for money"
Right...because, y'know, people never sell stuff with the intention of making money...
And uh, shootings never happened before video games did they? Oh wait, it was the rock music that caused it back then.

Posting this here is a red rag to a bull. Clearly this is a prejudiced audience here on gamespot. As a gamer who plays a variety of game genres including shooters, I have to say it is time we get more creative about game types. Why are shooters and games that kill so damn fun? I too am not overly violent despite playing these games but I can understand the concern, especially if you are looking at games from the outside. Perhaps a bigger issue is the sheer textual abuse (violence) in some game communities. Speaking of which I am bracing for the onslaught people! :)

Politicians... Always trying to get rid our fun...

We don't have credibility in the argument? What a tyrant statement!!

Looks like this guy learned his politics in China...this is America, the people have a say and we will not quiet down.

You can tell gamers to quiet down, you can tell murders to stop killing. Even better, focus on actually stopping murder, or focus your efforts on stopping gamers from speaking, it's your choice.

He might as well have said moviegoers need to calm down as well...

It's quite amazing, that in a country that attributes itself as the 'land of the free' (and all that stuff). That a senator, a people's representative and servant, someone whose career is defined by the will of the people and made by the will of the people, actually has the audacity to say a certain group of people should 'shut up', because he doesn't like what they are saying.

He's quite possibly one of the worst politician, i have ever seen in office, in a democratic country.

Please america, do something sensible, and get rid of this guy, it's your duty at this point.

Been frustrated with the biased superficial reporting of the majority of the mainstream media for a long time. Also of some 'scientific study' btw. I know it is impossible to draw conclusions from a single case but i have been playing violent video games all my life and i have never struck another person in anger. In fact i quite think that violent video games offer me a way to get rid of any aggression in a non-violent way. 

Oh for love of god. You know there is millions upon millions of gamers who havent even hurt anyone in their entire fucking life! so gamers have place in this argument, also some of those are voters too... Luckily i happen to live country where shooting is quite rare(thanks to very though gun laws) so these type of idiots cant blaim video games. Also there is violent tv shows and movies out there too. Do you blame video games causing war in afganistan or causing terrorist attacks? No you dont, because that would be stupid as it is stupid blame them causing shooting. There have been shooting way before video games BTW

I will personally vote against this guy.

yeah Fox news and CNN and every other private new media enterprise have nothing to answer for do they ? morons.

Elections are coming to Califronia seems and He need Vote from gamehaters. He  Talk's a Lot and need to  quiet down indeed,

This guy has single handedly wrecked his chances of re-election.