Biden to Huddle With Video Game Industry Today

No word on whether games will be in recommendations he sends to prez
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 11, 2013 10:29 AM CST
Biden to Huddle With Video Game Industry Today
President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement on Dec. 19, 2012 in the White House about policies he will pursue following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Leading video game industry reps will today meet with Joe Biden, who has announced he will send the White House's gun violence task force's recommendations to the president by Tuesday, reports the Hill. Among those in attendance will be the CEO of lobbying group the Entertainment Software Association, which represents companies such as Electronic Arts and Microsoft. Violent video games have once again come under fire in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, but there's no word on whether Biden's list of recommendations will mention such games. Tighter background checks will likely make the cut, but maybe not a renewal of the ban on assault weapons. (More video games stories.)

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