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Places like Gamestop are VERY good about keeping to their "Over 17 MEANS over 17" regulations in games, and I've even seen them recommend other games to parents looking at M-games as b-day/x-mas presents. IT's not like the retailers are slacking. They are doing their jobs. It's hte parents being lazy and not even taking time to learn about parental blocks on consoles. I get the feeling that non-gaming peoples jsut ignore everything about games for hte most part. MY mother for one, used to tell me that she didn't want me playing violent games, but she never took measure to enforce that, assuming I'd be a good, obedient child... and I was for the most part, but I was also left to make my own choice because she didn't understand games nor did she ever take the time to. Is that the fault of hte developers or retailers? No. There's also the case of second hand games that are given from a friend or relative to the child and don't pass through the "Store with ID Policty". In that case it's entirely up to hte parent again.

The only other way (besides ignorant parents) that kids could get games is from places like Amazon which have gift cards and no need for credit cards, to buy online, and that's something that this law doesn't even touch upon!