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Florida justice, take 2, rocket launcher exchanged for shoes

By Stone Martindale Aug 19, 2007, 22:47 GMT

A Florida man traded a surface-to-air missile launcher for Reeboks. wow. EPA/ISPR/HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

wow. EPA/ISPR/HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLYThe Orlando, Fla., police held a "Kicks for Guns" sneaker exchange Friday, but they weren't expecting to get a surface-to-air missile launcher reports Indy Channel 6 news."An Ocoee, Fla., man showed up and exchanged the 4-foot-long launcher for size-3 Reebok sneakers for his daughter," writes channel 6.The man took advantage of the exchange's no-questions-asked policy, and was not identified. Channel 6 reports he told the Orlando Sentinel "that he found the weapon in a shed he tore down last week."Unbelievably, the mystery man said he took it to three dumps to try to get rid of it, and they all turned him away.Channel 6 reports that in addition to the missile launcher, police collected more than 250 guns. They were all exchanged for sneakers or $50 gift certificates.source

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SP4: Not buying it.Aug 20th, 2007 - 00:22:27

Either the launcher was empty or non-operational.

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