Mexican police armed with slingshots

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Mexican police have been armed with slingshots after failing firearms test
(Image credit: Source: Alvarado municipal government)

Police in Alvarado, Mexico, have had their guns confiscated and replaced with slingshots and stones instead. The firearms ban was imposed after only 30 of the department’s 130 officers passed a weapons competency test.

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