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Originally Posted by maleficent
A liquor store gets penalized for selling booze to an underage person, because it's not legal... it's probably what keeps them from doing it.. Doesn't putting a penalty, other than a slap on the wrist, make a retailer held accountable for what they are selling and making sure they comply with the law.
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The difference here being that it's illegal for underage children to aquire, posess or consume alcohol regardless of who actually buys it, including parents. It's illegal to sell alcohol to underage children because it's illegal for them to have alcohol. Perfectly consistent.
It is legal for children to buy, posess, and play video games, even those rated M. It's legal for someone of appropriate age to buy it and give it to them, for parents to get it for their children, or for them to play the games that others own. Applying a criminal penalty to retailers who sell a prduct to a person who can legally buy, posess, and use that product makes no sense to me.