Respect. Honor. Remember.
  

ONLINE PETITION -
PROTEST "25 to LIFE"© VIDEO GAME

Help Protect our Children and our Officers: Ban Eidos' "25 to Life"©



Our goal was 100,000 signatures.
We now have 274,176. We met our original goal of 17,500 in less than two weeks. We revised the goal to 50,000 signatures and exceeded that in three weeks. Now, we have surpassed 265,000 signatures and will keep going!

We've presented over 265,000 signatures to the recent (March 29)hearing with Senator Brownback and his Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Right, and Property Rights. We will continue the online petition for those of you who wish to sign, and may present the petition again, in the future.
Click here to read action updates and letters!
March 29- Public Hearing on Video Game Violence

In response to a notice from game manufacturer Eidos, that the "25 to Life"© video game was being shipped to U.S. markets beginning January 17, the NLEOMF is mounting a vigorous campaign to discourage parents and caregivers from purchasing or allowing children access to the violent video game. We are gravely alarmed by the violent nature of this game and believe that any type of media that glorifies violence against law enforcement or civilians should be carefully scrutinized.

The "25 to Life"© video game allows players the option to role-play by shooting gang members and police officers and using innocent bystanders as human shields. The Web site advertising the game boasts that players have "more than 40 weapons to choose from, including shotguns, machine guns, stun guns and tear gas."

Due to the disturbing nature of the game, last fall high-profile law makers and citizens protested its release, which the NLEOMF believes helped to delay its entry into the U.S. market. Although the manufacturers have chosen to release the game this year, YOU can help limit its access to the young minds that this game will be promoted to.

The NLEOMF aims to collect 17,500 signatures, in support of a petition to take the game out of U.S. stores. This figure represents approximately the number of officers whose names are permanently inscribed on the Walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, and symbolizes the grave consequences of violent behavior toward officers.

Our culture is saturated with violent images in all types of media, but games like "25 to Life"© are especially dangerous because they're driven by the thrill of the kill. The images are wrong. The messages are wrong. And stocking it in U.S. stores is wrong. Do your part in keeping our children and our officers safe; sign the petition today.

Petition:

I support the ban of Eidos' "25 to Life©," believing that its violent nature represents a threat to our children and our law enforcement officers. I petition to have the game removed from the U.S. market.


SIGN HERE:

Contact Eidos directly at pr@eidos.com .
Add your Name (first and last):
Your Email:
*Please send only once. (If you include your email address, we will send our weekly NLEOMF enewsletter, which includes updates and news about the law enforcement community.
If you do not wish to receive it, simply do not fill in the Your Email field.)
** Note: If, for any reason, you are not able to submit your name/email to this petition online, send it to 25tolife@nleomf.com and we will add it for you.


Tell a Friend! (click here) Send a quick message to five of your friends and family, so they can also sign our petition.

A simple petition isn't enough. We encourage people to contact their legislatorsand to contact the company. The public has the right — and here we have an opportunity — to express our disapproval of this game and the companies behind it. A public hearing is scheduled on March 29. Click here for info.

View comments, pro and con, in our Guestbook.
For another viewpoint: http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/25tolife.asp
For information about gangs and cop killers, read Juvenile Cop Killers
and listen to:

Signatures

In order to make this page load more quickly, we have moved the signatures to another page (click here).