Gun Policy News
Mexico City Offers New Computers for Old Guns
21 January 2006
Reuters
MEXICO CITY — Mexicans are being invited to exchange their weapons for computers under a quirky new idea to curb rampant crime in Mexico City.
Authorities in one of the city's 16 districts are offering a new computer, out of 150 donated by a charitable foundation, for each gun handed in.
"People often have a gun at home, which could perhaps be for self-defense, but sadly it becomes a family tragedy when it is not used properly" Guadalupe Lopez, local government... (GunPolicy.org)