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On the Propogation of Stupid Ideas

by Joe?Pulcinella

A reader just sent me this:

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans are being invited to exchange their weapons for computers under a quirky new idea to curb rampant crime in Mexico City.

Um, didn't we try gun buy-back programs here already? Wasn't it a tremendous failure? We're people just turning in junk? Weren't they simply bring in parts and redeeming each as a whole gun? Are we to believe it will be any better in Mexico?

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Have you ever noticed that the guns they haul in are invariably old squirrel rifles and junk Saturday Night Specials? It's a big joke.

That's brilliant ! If the program succeds as intended then Mexico City will resemble Washington DC, where the only armed residents are the criminals. Target-rich environment for them.

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