An Australian politician said he is more frightened of computer gamers than he is of outlawed motorbike gangs.

South Australia's Attorney-General Michael Atkinson, who has the right to veto the lifting of a national ban on computer games rated too violent and extreme for consumption, said he had received a threatening note from a gamer. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he felt he and his family more at risk from gamers than we are from the outlaw motorcycle gangs who also hate him.

Atkinson introduced anti-motorcycle gang laws in South Australia, under which police can apply to declare a gang as a criminal organisation or effectively ban members from associating. He said that outlawed motorcycle gangs haven't been hanging around my doorstep at 2:00 am, while a gamer has been. (Well, unlike gamers, once percenters are usually running drugs and drinking at 2:00am. sub.ed.)

Australia currently has a ban on adults-only, or R18+, computer games although films with the same rating in terms of violence, strong language, nudity, drug use and adult themes are allowed. The government has called for public submissions on whether to introduce the R18+ category for computer games but any change would require the unanimous agreement of national, state and territory ministers, including Atkinson.

It is unlikely to happen if Atkinson thinks that his life is threatened by someone who pretends to kill and maim people instead of those who really do it for a living.