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From: Gamespot

Mexican police offer Xboxes for guns

As part of a trial anticrime initiative to get people to give up firearms, police offer a trade-in for consoles and PCs.

Police attempting to tackle the problem of crime in the inner-city barrio of Tepito, Mexico, have come up with a novel idea. They're offering citizens game consoles in exchange for guns, reports Reuters.

Under the program, part of a push against drug violence, a small gun can be exchanged for cash or for an Xbox console. The report doesn't state whether the consoles are the original Xbox or Xbox 360.

High-calibre weapons such as machine guns would be swapped for a computer valued at 8,500 pesos ($769).

The weapons the police receive will be destroyed by the army, and those who give them up are promised anonymity. A police spokesperson reported that on

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nancy.<3's.you

to mexicoooo! lol

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Attila

In..the..name...of god.......This is why I sometimes wish I lived in Mexico. :P

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Mr. First Name Basis

Viva the Federalies!!

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Attila

This is actually one of the smartest ideas in the world....Seriously....If they did this in US, the crime rates would go down like 15% especially if teens gave their guns.....And of course they will, for a new Xbox...

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Marineking

Average handgun price (Depending, obviously, on the gun): 500$ American.

Xbox: 150$ American.

Xbox 360: 450-500$ American. (I seriously doubt their giving 360's)

Yes! What a great idea! Let me go get my guns!

Inugami

WaOwWoW......

Maver64

My friends going there tommorrow!! I have to tell him!!!! To take my guns of course D:..

Wait I have no guns D: Ill go steal some kids Fake toy gun =]

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CocaColaAddict

This is Mexico were talking about. Not America where you need to go through a process to have the right to bear arms. The reason why it's expensive here is because people would less likely buy the guns. But the mafia and gangsters smuggle them from other countries in the US to sell cheaper thus having more people having guns.

Let's see, a hand gun would be around $100. 50 pesos probably. Yup. Very cheap.

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Maver64

Well my friends like Oh its probably a Scam they take the gun then shoot them :P..

Cop: XBOX's FOR GUNS HERE

Crowd: OMFG XBOX'S MA'N *gives gun*

Cop: HAHA sucker *Locks up the Criminals* And we get free guns to!

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