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Honduran Congress Will Propose an Exchange of Cash, Food and Tax Rebates for Guns
30 January 2000
Reuters
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Honduran Congresswill propose an exchange of cash, food and tax rebates for guns in a bid to remove a million wartime weapons from circulation and reduce violent crime, a legislator said Saturday.
Jack Arevalo, a deputy with the ruling Liberal Party, told reporters the disarmament plan would be written into a new law forcing holders of weapons to register their arms.
"We will incorporate in the law incentives for handing in weapons:... (GunPolicy.org)