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sparky5693
08-19-2007, 05:10 PM
An anonymous guy exchanged a 4-foot-long surface-to-air missile launcher for size-3 Reebok sneakers. It happened at the Kicks for Guns 2007 program, in which Orlando citizens can turn in any weapon in exchange for sneakers or $50 in cash, no questions asked. Check Orlando Police Sgt. Barbara Jones holding the actual piece of equipment after the jump.
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The guy said that he found the launcher in a shed last week. The Orlando Sentinel reported that the guy didn't know what to do with it:
"I didn't know what to do with it, so I brought it here. I took it to three dumps to try to get rid of it and they told me to get lost."

-Orlando Sentinel (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-guns1807aug18,0,354258.story?coll=orl_home_promo)

IsaacRN
08-19-2007, 05:15 PM
Wow....makes you think what else is out there..just waiting to come to life so to speak.

TraderJoe
08-19-2007, 11:35 PM
size-3 Reebok sneakers.

:confused:

Not sure what is more random here, the pea-shooter kicks or the missile

IsaacRN
08-19-2007, 11:39 PM
Could have been Little People :P

sparky5693
08-19-2007, 11:43 PM
I bet they were regretting the "No questions asked part."

IsaacRN
08-19-2007, 11:51 PM
Ohhh....i doubt they didnt ask some questions at some point....cant turn in a SAM and not raise eyebrows

qhsdoitall
08-20-2007, 01:14 PM
The guy is probably under surveillance as we speak.

IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 01:33 PM
I would have to agree with you there...no good deed goes unpunished :P

PalmettoB
08-20-2007, 09:38 PM
Every once in a while one of those exchange programs turns up old World War Two ordnance as well. It's scary but also kinda funny when someone shows up with a grenade or mine or bazooka. (Okay, mostly scary.)

IsaacRN
08-20-2007, 11:07 PM
Like the guy that had two tanks.and drove them around.

qhsdoitall
08-21-2007, 01:33 PM
Like the guy that had two tanks.and drove them around.

Wasn't there a movie once with James Garner in it?