Summary
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the nationwide “Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace” program.
The program offers cash to citizens who anonymously surrender firearms, including $430 for revolvers, $1,200 for AK-47s, and $1,300 for machine guns.
The weapons will be destroyed.
The program, expanded from a 2019 Mexico City initiative, aims to combat violent crime, with firearms responsible for 70% of Mexico’s 31,062 homicides in 2023.
what is a machine gun exactly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_machine_gun
PSA: People only care about splitting hairs with these definitions because they don’t want guns to be banned. Learn to see it for what it is so you can better argue against it. This guy, for example, doesn’t actually care about what a machine gun is and only wants to muddy the waters so fewer weapons are banned.
a shoestring
The term is generally considered a firearm that can fire more than one shot with a single trigger pull. Its complicated and there is more nuance, especially if you are going by ATF definitions. But overall, that’s typically what they mean.