Venezuela Lawmakers Vote to Ban Violent Video Games

Venezuela’s National Assembly this week passed a bill to ban the sale of violent video games and toys, as the country struggles to fight rampant crime, Reuters reports.

The piece notes that “dozens of people are murdered every week” in Caracas, “one of Latin America’s most dangerous cities,” and that some of the killings occur for “as little as a pair of shoes or a mobile phone.”

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