If it was good enough for David...

This was just too funny...heck, even Barney Fife had it all over these guys:

TIJUANA, Mexico — 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.

Municipal police spokesman Fernando Bojorquez said Monday that the slingshots, along with bags of ballbearings, were given to officers patrolling areas of the city visited by tourists.

Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since Jan. 5, but some patrol alongside armed state police.

Now THERE is a solution I would never have conceived...I'd have started with maybe...hmmm...policing my own police force? Cracking down on the corruption and graft that passes for justice down there. By arming even the good cops with slingshots, though, you're virtually guaranteeing the drug gangs will be able to run amok...ingenious!