[Debate] Should "swatting" be outlawed?

[igotrhythm]

After an incident where a player of Call of Duty called the SWAT team on someone who beat him in the game in a practice known as "swatting", I want to discuss the ethicality of this practice beyond mad cuz bad.

Obviously it's a waste of time and resources on the part of those that have been deployed, but is there any chance that this sort of griefing could be outlawed? I mean, bogus pizza deliveries were one thing, but this is serious business of the highest order. So serious that I actually spelled it out.

Washington State has already drafted a bill as of 2011 to make the practice illegal after someone tried to swat an XBL mod in Sammamish. The specific charge would be "harassing a 911 operator."

Now, do you think that legislators should work to make sure this is punishable by law, or do they have more important things to do?