Hastings Law Journal Volume 52 | Issue 1 Article 5 11-2000 Shall the Sins of the Son be Visited upon the Father--Video Game Manufacturer Liability for Violent Video Games David C. Kiernan Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation David C. Kiernan, Shall the Sins of the Son be Visited upon the Father--Video Game Manufacturer Liability for Violent Video Games, 52 Hastings L.J. 207 (2000). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol52/iss1/5 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Shall the Sins of the Son Be Visited upon the Father? Video Game Manufacturer Liability for Violent Video Games by DAVID C. KIERNAN* To what youth whom you had ensnared by the allurements of your seduction have you not furnished a weapon for his crimes or a torch to kindle his lust? -Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 B.C.-43 B.C.' Introduction April 20, 1999, a recurring school scene: fifteen dead, bloody kids, two teens accused of murder, and the question why. Students packed the small cafeteria for their typical Tuesday lunch, milk, and gossip. Soon thereafter, two boys, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and unleashed their evil upon the unsuspecting teenagers. Moments later, thirteen students and one teacher lay dead while twenty-three others were horribly wounded.