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Badges? weee don need no steeenkin badges ! #

By Mark_T Posted Wednesday 28th March 2007 11:39 GMT

Would it be churlish of me to point out that a machine gun can very likely be purchased for considerably less than $769 ?

So, buy a machine gun, have the coppers upgrade it to a PC, pop it on Ebay and get....

Now that's forward planning.. #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 28th March 2007 12:39 GMT

..get their guns off them BEFORE you give them Vista.

A better trade. #

By John L. Lee Posted Thursday 29th March 2007 12:29 GMT

I am traveling to Mexico to offer gun's for X-Boxes.

why give up the gun? #

By Hein Kruger Posted Friday 30th March 2007 16:04 GMT

It doesn't make sense. Surely a gangster with a machine gun would be able to help himself to as many PCs and Xboxes as he wants, without having to give up the machine gun. I thought that's why criminals have guns in the first place?