[GGReporter]

With Russia guaranteeing its security, South Ossetia is asking residents to turn in their weapons voluntarily. The police have opened 50 criminal prosecutions for illegal weapons and plan to offer $300 to $400 for each Kalashnikov rifle, a top official said.

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[Deersniper]

There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that did not end in their massacre. Louis L'Amour

[wideym]

Didn't Stalin do much of the same thing after WWII, except no cash for rifles and instead of a criminal prosecution they just shot the family if they found a weapon?