Swap your shooter for a computer

On the scheme's first day of operation, 29 guns were handed in in exchange for computers, food and cash. The Tepito suburb of the Mexican capital was once famous for producing boxers, say officials, but the area is now better known for drug dealing, robbery and the 32 murders that took place there last year.

While the lure of a shiny new computer might tempt some miscreants to hand over their firearms, brighter gun owners are expected to continue to take advantage of the existing scheme whereby you point a gun at a PC owner and walk away with a new computer and a gun. µ

L'Inq
Manchester Guardian