Mexico City Will Give You An Xbox If You Hand Over Your Gun
from the seems-like-a-fair-trade dept
Apparently police in Mexico City have decided that they might as well try the "carrot" approach, rather than the "stick" in dealing with local drug violence. They're now offering Xboxes and computers to people who turn in guns (via Engadget). The hope is that this will get guns off the street, reducing crime. Of course, it could just mean that folks with guns will now be stealing more guns in order to get an Xbox while keeping a gun on the side (just in case).
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ok ok ok, check this out
Free gun upgrades in Mexico City!
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Which Xbox????
no one is given any info on whether these r the new Xbox 360's or the old Original Xbox...
it would b an ok deal if it was the 360... =)
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What if...?
There are a number of titles they might enjoy; GRAW2 springs to mind, where they get to shoot up a Mexican border town...and no-one gets hurt...
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Yeah...!
Or I would give up 2 Guns an got 2 Xbox´s =)
Then 1 up to ebay...^^
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LOL.....
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Re: LOL.....
and wouldn't Hitler of confiscated those weapons so his army could possibly of used them
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Those marketing guys in Redmond are genuses!
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Simply Put...
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More guns stolen
More Xboxes stolen
Everyone still has a gun to protect their Xbox from being ganked.
Ideas like this never work, because it's based on the premise that criminals cease to be so when their tools are removed--forgetting that it's a trait, not a cause.
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Re: Criminals
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They will just go get another gun and continue robbing people and get to practice their shooting skills on their XBox at night.
This is a seriously lame idea and in no way will it encourage criminals to stop being criminals.
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hmm
I agree that the heart of the problem is the heart of the criminal. If we can raise the morality and conscience of an individual, give him something higher than himself to live for, crime goes down, that much has been in evidence in studies as well.
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Best idea yet; never thought about mace. Finally, I can turn in my gun and still ravage the general population.
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Viva Zapata!
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Same old
In both cases the police praised the program's success in the newspapers and the tv news, but it was later revealed that something like 90% of the guns turned in were in such bad condition due to age, misuse, or other that they couldn't even be fired. Some were brought in part/pieces and others as rusty masses. The few functional guns brought in were old and inexpensive weapons that, while potentially lethal, weren't the guns that crooks carry on the streets.
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stupid on it's face
So effectively they have gotten a few guns from people who didn't care to have them, and greatly increased teh value of non-functioning guns. Sweet deal.
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Guns
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Fantastic realism
When you talk to them, look down, because they have their brains in their feet...
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(Pardon my ignorance about calibers and mm if I got them wrong - my knowledge of guns stems from Law & Order - but don't try to rob me cause I also watched Kung Fu)
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What if....
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Question
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