Toy Arms? No, Thanks
Some 110 schoolchildren
in the Caribbean Port of
Limón swapped their toy
arms for notebooks and
T-shirts at the
launching of a program
to eradicate the
proliferation of
weapons.
Max Loria, who heads the
initiative, explained
that it all started five
years ago, when a survey
showed high crime levels
in the Limón, San
Carlos, Garabito, and
San José cantons.
He added that more
recent data show that 5
percent of all Costa
Ricans admit that they
have a firearm to defend
themselves.
Schoolchildren are shown
videos that emphasize
the consequences of
firearms and the steps
to take if one comes
across one such weapon.
They are also oriented
not to play with guns
and not to resort to
violence to
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