Spartan_X Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 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 the first day of the scheme, March 27, 17 guns had been handed in. By Emma Boyes -- GameSpot Posted Mar 28, 2007 8:45 am CT Story from GameSpot: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168193.html Copyright ?2006 CNET Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted March 28, 2007 Veteran Share Posted March 28, 2007 :p lmao that was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noroom Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 :p That might just be the thing that inspired them. No guns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Can we please introduce this policy in Iraq. Love to see how this would fly with some people :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windam Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Can we please introduce this policy in Iraq. Love to see how this would fly with some people :p well LIVE isn't available in arabic yet so maybe not.. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis.A Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Great story. And very good initiative in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Whats the point? With a gun they could get a whole store of brand new X360s :D but yeah, nice initiative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 A very very clever idea :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted March 28, 2007 Veteran Share Posted March 28, 2007 Can we please introduce this policy in Iraq. Love to see how this would fly with some people :p i really dont want to hear "death to america" everytime i get on live...i hear enough crap as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted March 28, 2007 MVC Share Posted March 28, 2007 Whatever works, sounds like an idea that may work. Kudos to the brain behind that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Ya the international nature of Live can be annoying. I hated hearing young brits "talk" during Halo 2 match ups. I wanted to carve my eyes out. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacrificialSoldier Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) sweet idea, just might work! oh yeah and that movie was GREAT! Edited March 28, 2007 by SacrificialSoldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreqFace Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Ya the international nature of Live can be annoying. I hated hearing young brits "talk" during Halo 2 match ups. I wanted to carve my eyes out. :p Hey! What are you trying to say about us Brits?! :p I personally feel there's nothing worse than a whiny American kid on Live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 They did this in Boston, but gave people $250 to Target. Hundreds on guns were turned in if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted March 29, 2007 Veteran Share Posted March 29, 2007 Gun buyback programs don't work...you may take a couple hundred off the street that day, but I guarantee many more were made the same day that will replace them. Buying Back Guns May Not Reduce CrimeResearch: There is no evidence that gun buy-back programs reach the owners most likely to use their weapons. By Mike Dorning Mike Dorning wrote this article for the Chicago Tribune. WASHINGTON - Piles of weapons handed over to the police for a few dollars make compelling photographs, but repeated studies of politically popular gun buy-back programs across the country have found no detectable effect on violent crime or on firearms deaths. What's more, the guns and the owners that turn up for buy-backs represent neither the kinds of weapons nor the types of people generally involved in gun crimes, said several researchers who have studied the programs. And some of those who participate in the buy-backs are cashing in on spare weapons but keeping at least one at home - or they are planning to use the proceeds to purchase another gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted March 29, 2007 MVC Share Posted March 29, 2007 "or they are planning to use the proceeds to purchase another gun" That's why money is a bad incentive. This is a slight variation that could have some nice effects like I mentioned before. Who knows though, they could just sell that computer/xbox 360 for a better gun that before :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 yeah and how many pieces do these vatos locos have anyway? and what do you get for heavier hardware? the black 360 i presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 yeah and how many pieces do these vatos locos have anyway? and what do you get for heavier hardware? the black 360 i presume? No no, you get a PS3 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLiMiT06 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 GARNER, N.C. -- A local police department hopes a few high tech rewards will help crack down on vandalism and graffiti.Garner police officials say they are seeing more graffiti around town. The most recent case is the graffiti recently found along Benson Road near Garner Road. To combat the problem, Garner police have come up with a creative way to get tips as to who is responsible. The police are offering tipsters a game system of their choice including X-box, Playstation or Nintendo WII, or $500. The tip must provide enough information to lead to the arrest and prosecution of the offender. Source: NBC17 Pretty funny since it's only a 45min drive away :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 heh they give PS3's to the ones that run out of ammo. crap that was my first PS3 joke ever, it was lame and now i feel bad about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinCain Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 For crying out loud. Why do people constantly post useless threads/articles that can easily be picked off of digg.com? :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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