If you live in Mexico City that is...
The article is in italian, sorry, I googled to look for an english article, but all I found were reviews of the game gun. -.-"
I babelfished it though:
Quote:
Mexico, "a Xbox for a gun" the police distributes games in the barrio
The FASCINATION of the videogames in order to fight the violence. Is the sense of the unusual initiative of the Mexican police enforcements in order to combat juvenile crime: a police of City of Mexico hopes therefore of minare the crsew from the roads offering in exchange computer and videogames, with the complicity of the colossus of Microsoft computer science. Yesterday, in occasion of the launch of the plan in the barrio of Tepito, one of the quarters more degrades to you and where just yesterday it has been a raid, the head of the city police Joel Ortega has announced that anyone will deliver crews of heavy caliber will obtain in exchange a computer. Who instead will place light weapons - mainly boys - will be able to receive money cash or the consul for videogiochi Xbox di Microsoft. The organizers of the initiative that offers to PC and Xbox crews in exchange for say that 100 computers are already available to the delivery. And Bill Gates, in occasion of its visit in the Mexican understood one them, has promised to collaborate. In a talk with the mayor progressive Marcelo Ebrard, the founder of the Microsoft in fact has said itself disposed to supply an operating system, one suite of Office and a distributed informatizzata encyclopedia for every ' pc'. Gratis. "our common objective - it has made to know the mayor - is that one to reduce the violence and the resource to the crews from fire in ours citta". The initiative seems to have had a sure one happening: in the first day they have been delivered 17 you arm, of which just 12 to Tepito.
It's funny, there are pistols that cost less than an X360 anyway.
Hand in your cheap gun -> get an xbox -> sell xbox -> buy even more guns 
win-win
Why are you telling that secret Creo? If they find out...
I mean SHAME ON YOU CREO. HOW DARE YOU CORRUPT THE MIND OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE!
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It's funny, there are pistols that cost less than an X360 anyway.
You can get a nice pistol for what, $100 odd?
If you're talking legally, $700 for a "nice" pistol.
Of course since this deals with Mexico City I assume thats not the case. In which case I would assume 200 to 250 would be more the right range.
~Tobe
Does anybody see gun sales going up on Mexico?
Old story. Did anyone else notice the "2005" in the URL?
(28 marzo 2007) is at the bottom of the article somehow, though. :/
And it showed up yesterday on the front page..
This three-hour-old topic is SO old.
Guess what? I just found a store that let me trade in an XBox for a rocket launcher. I'm not sure which has the higher market value though. However, I am totally tying that rocket launcher to my car. Yeah, here's my response to your one finger salute...
why only an Xbox? Why not dig a swimming pool for anyone who turns in a gun?
Because xbox's are way cooler.
