SAFE Act Now Applies To Video Games Sold In New York

A recent amendment to the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 (SAFE Act) will require all video games sold in the state of New York to comply with the bill starting in March of 2014. Governor Andrew Cuomo, who originally signed the bill into law last January, has worked with congress to amend the controversial bill to "curb the amount of grotesque gun violence in those shooty bang games."

When this change is enacted, all games and their characters will be required to follow the bill as if they were citizens. For starters, no character shall have a magazine capacity larger than 10. As Governor Cuomo said in a recent press conference, "I don't care if you're shooting a deer or fighting off a large scale Covenant invasion of Zimbabwe, there is no reason for a person to have that many bullets. Think of the children, would you?"

Any in-game vendors dealing weaponry must also comply with the SAFE Act guidelines by having all customers go through extensive background checks. Before the potential buyers can acquire their weapon and join their respective fights they must first prove they are mentally stable to handle their gun and chainsaw combination weapon.

"Call of Duty and Battlefield games will be exempt," Cuomo said, "it is my understanding that these brave men and women are active service members in our ongoing war with The Federation and I don't dare interrupt that." 

How these and many of the new rules will be enforced has yet to be seen, but the Governor and his office are serious about the law. Crackdowns will be swift and severe for game characters not complying with the new rules. The individual characters could be subject to jail time or even massive fines says Cuomo. Oddly enough though, there is no mention of game developers in the wording of the bill, only the characters themselves. "We honestly don't think he knows that these aren't real people in the games," one anonymous developer told us, "but we don't dare bring it up. We plan on just ignoring the bill like everyone else and seeing what happens."

Governor Cuomo is also allegedly having talks to to reduce the size of mana potions that can be purchased and consumed to lower the obesity rate of video game characters.