Slingshots

Wow. This is hilarious.

Who the heck is going to be scared of a slingshot? "Be careful, they can kill you if you get hit in the temple!"

Sure, I get why it happened, and I have no practical alternatives in my mind, but really ...

The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

I think Relevant slices said it best ...

Sure, slingshots aren't ideal when encountering automatic-weapon-donning cartel gangs, but those little bearings "sting like the dickens!" according to some drug runners